| 释义 |
metropolis/miˈtrɒp(ə)lis/n. 1 the chief city of a country; a capital city 主要都市；首都 2 a metropolitan bishop's see 都主教教省 3 a town or city as a centre of activity (活动的)中心城市 [Late Latin from Greek mētropolis ‘parent state’, from mētēr mētros ‘mother’ + polis ‘city’] |