megalopolis
英 [,meg?'l?p(?)l?s]
美[,m?g?'lɑp?l?s]
- n. 特大都市；人口稠密地帶
助記提示
1、megalo- + polis- "city".
中文詞源
megalopolis 大都會
megalo-,巨大的，-polis,城市，詞源同policy,police.在古代特指雅典或羅馬等大都會。
英文詞源
- 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.