metropolis: [16] A metropolis is etymologically a ‘mother city’. The word comes via late Latin mētropolis from Greek mētrópolis, a compound formed from métēr ‘mother’ (a distant relative of English mother) and pólis ‘city’ (source of English police, policy, politics, etc). => mother, police, policy, politics
metropolis (n.)
"seat of a metropolitan bishop," 1530s, from Late Latin metropolis; see metropolitan. Meaning "chief town or capital city of a province" is first attested 1580s, earlier metropol (late 14c.).
实用例句
1. He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.
大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2. Shanghai is a metropolis in China.
上海是中国的大都市。
来自辞典例句
3. This was a great , pleasing metropolis after all.
这毕竟是个令人振奋的大都市.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
4. New York has the sweetest water in the world, for a metropolis.
就一个大都会来说,纽约可说有世界上最甜美的水了.
来自辞典例句
5. Tessenow decried the metropolis and extolled the peasant virtues.