megalopolis怎么读
音标：英 [,megə'lɒp(ə)lɪs]
美[,mɛgə'lɑpəlɪs]
megalopolis是什么意思
- n. 特大都市；人口稠密地带
助记提示
1、megalo- + polis- "city".
中文词源
megalopolis 大都会
megalo-,巨大的，-polis,城市，词源同policy,police.在古代特指雅典或罗马等大都会。
英文词源
- megalopolis (n.)
- 1832, from comb. form of Greek megas (genitive megalou) "great" (see mickle) + polis "city" (see polis). The word was used in classical times as an epithet of great cities (Athens, Syracuse, Alexandria), and it also was the name of a former city in Arcadia.
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