| 单词 | metropolis |
| 释义 | metropolis (once / 393 pages) n A large, densely populated urban area is called a metropolis. "She liked living in a metropolis because there were many opportunities in a city that were not available elsewhere, like 24-hour diners." The noun metropolis comes from the Greek roots mētēr, meaning "mother," and pólis, meaning "city." Historically, the word referred to the founding city-state of a region in Ancient Greece. Today the word refers to any urban area. The largest metropolis in Massachusetts is Boston, which is also the capital. Sometimes people use the word metropolis ironically or sarcastically: "She came from the booming metropolis of Tumbleweed, population 325." WORD FAMILYmetropolis: metropolises, metropolitan+/metropolitan: metropolitans USAGE EXAMPLESThe sense of isolation from the modern metropolises on the faraway coast persists. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Nick Paumgarten wrote about the centrality of the elevator to the modern metropolis in his 2008 story “Up and Then Down.” The New Yorker(Dec 27, 2016) Live with the massive Metropolis condominium and hotel project under construction to the north by another Chinese developer. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1n a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts Syn|Hypo|Hyper city, urban center national capital the capital city of a nation provincial capitalthe capital city of a province state capitalthe capital city of a political subdivision of a country municipality an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government 2n people living in a large densely populated municipality Syn|Hyper city municipality people living in a town or city having local self-government |
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