noun🔗Share母邦，宗主国。 (history) The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony."Athens was the metropolis from which many Greek colonies sprang. "雅典是众多希腊殖民城邦的母邦。historygeographystatearchitectureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share大都市，首府，都会。 A large, busy city, especially as the main city in an area or country or as distinguished from surrounding rural areas."New York City is a bustling metropolis, with millions of people working and living there. "纽约市是一座熙熙攘攘的大都市，数百万人在那里工作和生活。areageographyplacebuildingsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share总教区，都主教区 (canon law) The see of a metropolitan archbishop, ranking above its suffragan diocesan bishops."The Archbishop of Canterbury is the metropolitan archbishop, overseeing all the suffragan bishops in his province. "坎特伯雷大主教是都主教区的总主教，负责监督其教省内所有附属教区的主教们。religiontheologylawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share分布中心，集中地 A generic focus in the distribution of plants or animals."The Amazon rainforest acts as a metropolis for an incredible variety of insects, concentrating a diversity of species found nowhere else. "亚马逊雨林是种类繁多的昆虫的集中分布地，聚集了在其他任何地方都找不到的物种多样性。biologyenvironmentgeographyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
