大家好，知识小编来为大家讲解下。metropolis是什么意思，metropolis的用法很多人还不知道，现在让我们一起来看看吧！

一、metropolis是什么意思

1、metropolis 大城市，大都会

2、来自希腊语meter,母亲，词源同mother,polis,城市，词源同police,policy.比喻用法。

二、metropolis的用法

1、metropolis

2、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

3、metropolis (n.)

4、"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.).

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