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metropolis 音标拼音: [mətr'ɑpələs] n. 大都市,重要中心,首府 大都市,重要中心,首府 metropolis n 1: a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; " Ancient Troy was a great city" [ synonym: { city}, { metropolis}, { urban center}] 2: people living in a large densely populated municipality; " the city voted for Republicans in 1994" [ synonym: { city}, { metropolis}] Metropolis \ Me* trop" o* lis\, n. [ L. metropolis, Gr. ?, prop., the mother city ( in relation to colonies); ? mother ? city. See { Mother}, and { Police}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country. [ 1913 Webster] [ Edinburgh] gray metropolis of the North. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Eccl.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary. [ 1913 Webster] The great metropolis and see of Rome. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Any large city. [ PJC] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for " metropolis": Kreis, Stadt, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, art center, bailiwick, banlieue, bishopric, boom town, borough, bourg, burg, burgh, canton, capital, capital city, city, commune, congressional district, constablewick, conurbation, county, departement, diocese, district, duchy, electoral district, electorate, exurb, exurbia, faubourg, garment center, ghost town, government, greater city, hamlet, hundred, magistracy, manufacturing center, market town, medical center, megalopolis, metropolitan area, municipality, oblast, okrug, outskirts, parish, polis, precinct, principality, province, railroad center, region, riding, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shipping center, shire, shopping center, shrievalty, soke, spread city, stake, state, suburb, suburbia, territory, tourist center, town, township, trade center, urban center, urban complex, urban sprawl, urbs, village, ville, wapentake, ward
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