metropolis

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++me·trop·o·lis /mɪˈtrɒpəlɪs $ -ˈtrɑː-/ noun [countable]  TOWNa very large city that is the most important city in a country or area 〔一国或一地区的〕首要城市，大都会 The city has become a huge, bustling metropolis. 这座城市已变成繁忙的大都市。► see thesaurus at city

Examples from the Corpus

metropolis• They are the last pro sports team left in the United States that does not play in a metropolis.• It was a metropolis of two streets, after all, and everyone saw everybody else six times a day.• After 1850 Paris grew quickly into a busy metropolis.• They drove quickly, leaving the immense metropolis behind them.• Our aim is to make Sydney the musical metropolis of the world.• Wealth, culture, and international adventure had turned a tiny collection of huts into a huge sandstone metropolis.• For the time, he was the most important man in the metropolis.• He felt the attraction of the literary life of the metropolis.• Moated Norfolk, Theodora thought, and moated house, defended against the falsity, rapacity and sheer ugliness of the metropolis.• Sant'Elia's city was a utopian metropolis designed on a monumental scale.From Longman Business Dictionarymetropolisme‧trop‧o‧lis /məˈtrɒpələsməˈtrɑː-/ noun [countable] a very large city with a lot of industrial and economic activity that is usually the most important city in a country or area, but not always its capitala sprawling industrial metropolisOrigin metropolis (1500-1600) Late Latin Greek, from meter “mother” + polis “city”

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metropolis
me‧trop‧o‧lis /məˈtrɒpələs, mɪˈtrɒpələs $ -ˈtrɑː-/ noun [countable]a very large city that is the most important city in a country or area:
    The city has become a huge, bustling metropolis.
     

THESAURUS

■ place with houses, shops, and offices
   ▪ city a large area with houses, shops, offices etc that is often the centre of government for an area. A city is bigger than a town: The nearest big city is San Francisco.
   ▪ town a large area with houses, shops, offices etc. A town is smaller than a city: La Coruña is a pretty seaside town.
   ▪ capital (also capital city) the city where the government of a country or state is: We travelled to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
   ▪ metropolis a big busy city that is full of people and activity: After 1850 Paris grew quickly into a busy metropolis.
   ▪ urban adjective [only before noun] relating to towns and cities: Air pollution is particularly bad in urban areas. | urban development

me·trop·olisBrE /məˈtrɒpəlɪs/ 🔊NAmE /məˈtrɑːpəlɪs/ 🔊 nouna large important city (often the capital city of a country or region) 大都会；大城市；首都；首府