metropolis

大都市、主要都市

周辺地域や国にとって重要な、大きく活気のある都市。

やさしい英語で： A large, busy city that is important to the surrounding area or the country.

• She lives in a busy metropolis.
• The village grew into a modern metropolis.
• These huge metropolises attract workers from across the country.

類義語： major city, big city

よく使う表現： bustling metropolis, modern metropolis, major metropolis

母市

住民が別の場所に植民市を築いた、古代の都市。

やさしい英語で： An ancient city whose people founded a colony elsewhere.

• Corinth was the colony's metropolis.
• Settlers maintained ties with their metropolis.
• The colony sent gifts to the temples of its metropolis.

類義語： mother city, founding city

よく使う表現： greek metropolis, founding metropolis, colony and metropolis

大主教座

地域の他の主教を統括する上位の主教が置かれる都市や教会管区。

やさしい英語で： The city or church district of a senior bishop who oversees other bishops in the area.

• The city became an ecclesiastical metropolis.
• Several smaller dioceses came under the metropolis.
• The cathedral stood at the center of the metropolis.

類義語： metropolitan see

よく使う表現： ecclesiastical metropolis, ancient metropolis, bishop's metropolis

分布の中心地

同じ属に属する植物や動物が、特に多く集まっている地域。

やさしい英語で： An area where a particular group of related plants or animals is especially concentrated.

• This region is the genus's metropolis.
• Botanists identified the mountains as a metropolis for these plants.
• The study mapped several metropolises of related animal groups.

使い方： metropolis of a genus (The valley is the metropolis of this genus.)

類義語： center of distribution

よく使う表現： metropolis of something, botanical metropolis