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单词 cosmopolitan
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cosmopolitan

adjective
/ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən/
/ˌkɑːzməˈpɑːlɪtən/
(approving)
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  1. containing people of different types or from different countries, and influenced by their culture
    • a cosmopolitan city/resort
    • The club has a cosmopolitan atmosphere.
    • Jamaica is a very cosmopolitan island.
    Extra Examples
    • She liked the cosmopolitan atmosphere of the city.
    • a cosmopolitan Mediterranean port
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • distinctly
    • truly
    • very
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  2. having or showing a wide experience of people and things from many different countries
    • people with a truly cosmopolitan outlook
    • cosmopolitan young people
    • Young people today are much more cosmopolitan.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    adverb
    • distinctly
    • truly
    • very
    See full entry
  3. (specialist) (of a plant or animal) found all over the world
    • Sea urchins are cosmopolitan in their distribution.
  4. Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a noun): from cosmopolite ‘ a cosmopolitan person’ + -an.

cosmopolitan

noun
/ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən/
/ˌkɑːzməˈpɑːlɪtən/
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  1. a person who has a wide experience of people and things from many different countries
    • She's a real cosmopolitan.
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a noun): from cosmopolite ‘ a cosmopolitan person’ + -an.

Cosmopolitan

/ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən/
/ˌkɑːzməˈpɑːlɪtən/
(also Cosmo
/ˈkɒzməʊ/
/ˈkɑːzməʊ/
)
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  1. a magazine for young women, published each month and sold in over 110 countries around the world. It first appeared as a women's magazine in 1965 and was one of the first women's magazines to discuss sex.
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