metropolis

• n. 大都市；首府；重要中心
• n. (Metropolis)人名；(英)梅特罗波利斯

来自希腊语meter,母亲，词源同mother,polis,城市，词源同police,policy.比喻用法。

metropolis

metropolis: [16] A metropolis is etymologically a ‘mother city’. The word comes via late Latin mētropolis from Greek mētrópolis, a compound formed from métēr ‘mother’ (a distant relative of English mother) and pólis ‘city’ (source of English police, policy, politics, etc).
=> mother, police, policy, politics

metropolis (n.)

"seat of a metropolitan bishop," 1530s, from Late Latin metropolis; see metropolitan. Meaning "chief town or capital city of a province" is first attested 1580s, earlier metropol (late 14c.).

1. He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.

大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. Shanghai is a metropolis in China.

上海是中国的大都市。

来自辞典例句

3. This was a great , pleasing metropolis after all.

这毕竟是个令人振奋的大都市.

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

4. New York has the sweetest water in the world, for a metropolis.

就一个大都会来说,纽约可说有世界上最甜美的水了.

来自辞典例句

5. Tessenow decried the metropolis and extolled the peasant virtues.

特森诺夫痛诋大都市,颂扬农民的美德.

来自辞典例句