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A large, densely populated urban area is called a metropolis. “She liked living in a metropolis because there were many opportunities in a city that were not available elsewhere, like 24-hour diners.”
The noun metropolis comes from the Greek roots mētēr, meaning “mother,” and pólis, meaning “city.” Historically, the word referred to the founding city-state of a region in Ancient Greece. Today the word refers to any urban area. The largest metropolis in Massachusetts is Boston, which is also the capital. Sometimes people use the word metropolis ironically or sarcastically: “She came from the booming metropolis of Tumbleweed, population 325.”
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词根: polis
1. =state/city,表示”国家,城市”; 2. 政治
n.
cosmopolis 国际都市[由来自许多不同国家的人居住的大城市]cosmo世界,宇宙+polis城市→世界性的城市
metropolis 大城市,主要城市,大都会,首府metro母亲+polis城市→母城→首城,最大的城
polis 城邦polis国家,城市→n.城邦
前缀: metro-
=mother, 表示”母性,母亲”
n.
metropolis 大城市,主要城市,大都会,首府metro母性,母亲+polis城市→母城→首城,最大的城