Los Angeles
/lɒsˈændʒɪliːz/- a city on the Pacific coast of southern California, the second largest city in the US; pop. 3,833,995 (est. 2008). It has become a major centre of industry, film-making, and television in the 20th century, its metropolitan area having expanded to include towns such as Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Santa Monica, and Pasadena.洛杉矶（美国第二大城市, 位于南加州太平洋沿岸, 2008年估计人口3,833,995; 20世纪成为重要的工业和影视制作中心, 其城区现已扩展到贝弗利希尔斯、好莱坞、圣莫尼卡和帕萨迪纳等城镇）。