Metropolitan
[metrə'pɒlɪt(ə)n] or [,mɛtrə'pɑlɪtən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a person who lives in a metropolis.
(noun.) in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch; equivalent to archbishop in western Christianity.
(adj.) relating to or characteristic of a metropolis; 'metropolitan area' .
阿方索整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the capital or principal city of a country; as, metropolitan luxury.
(a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a metropolitan or the presiding bishop of a country or province, his office, or his dignity; as, metropolitan authority.
(n.) The superior or presiding bishop of a country or province.
(n.) An archbishop.
(n.) A bishop whose see is civil metropolis. His rank is intermediate between that of an archbishop and a patriarch.
手打:莫尔
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Archbishop, primate.
a. Of the metropolis.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Indeed, from the direction of the Metropolitan Station no one was coming save the single gentleman whose eccentric conduct had drawn my attention. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- This was Mr. Chinnock, who was then superintendent of the Metropolitan Telephone Company of New York. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- STREET SURFACE AND METROPOLITAN STREET RAILWAY 4. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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