metropolitan是什么意思（metropolitan的用法）
導(dǎo)讀大家好，知識小編來為大家講解下。metropolitan是什么意思，metropolitan的用法很多人還不知道，現(xiàn)在讓我們一起來看看吧！一、metropolitan...
大家好，知識小編來為大家講解下。metropolitan是什么意思，metropolitan的用法很多人還不知道，現(xiàn)在讓我們一起來看看吧！
一、metropolitan是什么意思
1、metropolitan 大都會的
2、來自metropolis,大都會。
二、metropolitan的用法
1、metropolitan (n.)
2、early 15c.,"bishop having oversight of other bishops,"from Late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek metropolis"mother city"(from which others have been colonized), also"capital city,"from meter"mother"(see mother (n.1)) + polis"city"(see polis). In Greek,"parent state of a colony;"later,"see of a metropolitan bishop."In the West, the position now roughly corresponds to archbishop, but in the Greek church it ranks above it.
3、metropolitan (adj.)
4、1540s,"belonging to an ecclesiastical metropolis,"from Late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek metropolites"resident of a city,"from metropolis (see metropolitan (n.)). Meaning"belonging to a chief or capital city"is from 1550s. In reference to underground city railways, it is attested from 1867.
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