metropolitan
metropolitan 英 [ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən] 美 [ˌmetrəˈpɑlɪtən]
adj. 大都市的
名词复数:metropolitans
- The adjective metropolitan describes something that's characteristic of a city. You really enjoy metropolitan life — there's always something happening, and you can walk or take the subway anywhere you want to go.
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- adj. 大都市的
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1. the New York metropolitan area
纽约都市区
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2. metropolitan districts, metropolitan regions
都市区
- metropolitan (adj.) 1540s, "belonging to an ecclesiastical metropolis," from Late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek metropolites "resident of a city," from metropolis (see metropolitan (n.)). Meaning "belonging to a chief or capital city" is from 1550s. In reference to underground city railways, it is attested from 1867.
- metropolitan (n.) early 15c., "bishop having oversight of other bishops," from Late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek metropolis "mother city" (from which others have been colonized), also "capital city," from meter "mother" (see mother (n.1)) + polis "city" (see polis).
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