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单词 metro
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met·ro

noun
/ˈmetrəʊ/
/ˈmetrəʊ/
(plural metros)
  1. (also the Metro)
    [singular] an underground train system, especially the one in Paris地铁;(尤指)巴黎地铁
    • on the metro to travel on the metro乘地铁旅行
    • by metro I get to work by metro.我坐地铁上班。
    • the Paris Metro巴黎地铁
    • a metro station地铁站
    British/American underground / subway / metro / tubeunderground / subway / metro / tube
    • A city’s underground railway system is usually called the underground (often the Underground) in British English and the subway in North American English. Speakers of British English also use subway for systems in American cities and metro for systems in other European countries. The Metro is the name for the systems in Paris and Washington, D.C. London’s system is often called the Tube.
    Topics Transport by bus and traina2
  2. (Indian English) a large or capital city, especially Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai or Chennai大城市,大都市(尤指德里、加尔各答、孟买或钦奈)
    • Here are the temperatures recorded at the four metros at 5 o'clock this morning.这是今天早晨 5 点钟时四大城市的气温记录。
  3. Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French métro, abbreviation of métropolitain (from Chemin de Fer Métropolitain ‘Metropolitan Railway’).

met·ro

adjective
/ˈmetrəʊ/
/ˈmetrəʊ/
[only before noun] (North American English, informal)
  1. metropolitan (= connected with a large or capital city)大城市的;大都会的
    • the New York metro areas纽约市区
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French métro, abbreviation of métropolitain (from Chemin de Fer Métropolitain ‘Metropolitan Railway’).
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