metropolis


简明英汉词典
	metropolis
	[mI5trRpElIs]
	n.
	首都, 主要都市, 都会, 大主教教区, 大城市
美国传统词典[双解]
	metropolis
	me.trop.o.lis
	AHD:[m1-tr?p“…-l1s]
	D.J.[mi6tr%p*lis]
	K.K.[m!6tr$p*l!s]
	n.（名词）
(1)	A major city, especially the chief city of a country or region:
	大都市：主要城市，尤指一个国家或地区的首要城市：
	Chicago, the metropolis of the Midwest.
	芝加哥，中西部的大都会
(2)	A city or an urban area regarded as the center of a specific activity:
	中心：被认为是某种特定活动的中心的城市或城市地区：
	a great cultural metropolis.
	一个大的文化中心
(3)	Ecclesiastical The chief see of a metropolitan bishop.
	【基督教会】都主教教省：都主教教主的主要教区
(4)	The mother city or country of an overseas colony, especially in ancient Greece.
	宗主城市；宗主国：海外殖民地的宗主城市或国家，尤指古代希腊的
语源
(1)	Middle English metropol
	中古英语 metropol
(2)	from Late Latin m?s [mother-city]
	源自后期拉丁语 m?s [宗主城市]
(3)	from Greek
	源自希腊语
(4)	m??r} m?tr- [mother] * see m3ter-
	m??r} m?tr- [母亲] *参见 m3ter-
(5)	polis [city] * see pel…- 3
	polis [城市] *参见 pel…- 3
现代英汉词典
	metropolis
	[mI5trRpElIs]
	n.
	主要都市；首府
美国传统词典
	metropolis
	me.trop.o.lis
	AHD:[m1-tr?p“…-l1s]
	D.J.[mi6tr%p*lis]
	K.K.[m!6tr$p*l!s]
	n.
(1)	A major city, especially the chief city of a country or region:
	Chicago, the metropolis of the Midwest.
(2)	A city or an urban area regarded as the center of a specific activity:
	a great cultural metropolis.
(3)	Ecclesiastical The chief see of a metropolitan bishop.
(4)	The mother city or country of an overseas colony, especially in ancient Greece.
语源
(1)	Middle English metropol
(2)	from Late Latin m?s [mother-city]
(3)	from Greek
(4)	m??r} m?tr- [mother] * see m3ter-
(5)	polis [city] * see pel…- 3
英汉地质大词典
	metropolis
	n.首府,大都会,中心地
英汉航海大词典
	metropolis
	n.大城市
英汉环境大词典
	metropolis
	n.首府,大都会,中心地
英汉化学大词典
	metropolis
	n.首都,大城市
英汉经贸大词典
	metropolis
	n.大城市
英汉计算机大词典
	metropolis
	n.首都(大城市)
英汉能源大词典
	metropolis
	n.首都,大城市