metropolitan

英 [ˌmetrəˈpɒlɪtən]

美 [ˌmetrəˈpɑːlɪtən]

adj. 大城市的; 大都会的; 本土的
n. 大城市人; 大主教; 宗主国的公民; 有大城市气派的人

Collins.2 / BNC.3962 / COCA.4293

牛津词典

adj.

大城市的；大都会的
connected with a large or capital city
1. the New York metropolitan area
  纽约市区
2. metropolitan districts/regions
  都市区
本土的
connected with a particular country rather than with the other regions of the world that the country controls
1. metropolitan France/Spain
  法国 / 西班牙本土

ADJ 大都会的;大都市的
Metropolitanmeans belonging to or typical of a large busy city.
1. ...the metropolitan district of Miami.
  迈阿密的都市区
2. ...a dozen major metropolitan hospitals.
  大城市的12家大医院
3. ...metropolitan sophistication and rustic naivety.
  大城市的圆滑世故和乡村的天真纯朴
N-COUNT; N-TITLE (东正教和天主教的)大主教
Ametropolitanis an important priest in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He has authority over other priests and is in charge of a particular area.
1. ...the Ukrainian Catholic representatives, Metropolitan Volodymyr and Bishop Sofron.
  乌克兰的天主教代表——弗拉基米尔大主教和索夫龙主教

noun

a person who lives in a metropolis
in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch

adj

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Jewish Museum.
首都艺术博物馆和犹太人博物馆。
Or there is our main metropolitan city, Toronto, on the east coast.
在东海岸的多伦多，那是我们重要的大都会。
New York City is a metropolitan city in the United States.
纽约市是美国的一个大城市。
He is currently being held in a metropolitan correctional center.
他现在被关在一个大城市的改造中心。
1944-The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City for the first time hosts a jazz concert;
1944年的今天，纽约城的大都市歌剧院首次举办了爵士音乐会；
Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.
大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
Emerson College, Boston College, and Boston University, all in the metropolitan area.
艾默生学院、波士顿学院和波士顿大学，这些全都在都会区内。
He took the metropolitan examination and finally won an official rank.
他参加了这次的会试，终于考取了功名。
The first time I went to New York, I went to the Metropolitan Museum.
第一次去纽约，我去了大都会博物馆。
A large metropolitan region, especially one encompassing two or more cities and their surrounding suburbs.
城市带，大都会带：大都会地区，尤指一个包括两个或两个以上城市及其附近郊区的地区。