音标:[mi'trɒpәlis] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 大都市, 重要中心, 首府
[医] 产地, 生地
n a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
n people living in a large densely populated municipality
词型变化:名词复数形式 : metropolises
考试类型:[托福/GRE]
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metropolis的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. New York is the metropolis of North America.纽约是北美的大都市。
  2. This was a great, pleasing metropolis after all.这毕竟是个令人振奋的大都市。
  3. The former appealed to Corcyra, which was the metropolis of Epidamnus.民主者向伊庇丹努的首府科西拉求助。

经典引文

  • The best means of making the wants of the colonies known to..the metropolis which founds them.

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