英语单词“megalopolis”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 megalopolis 释义 megalopolisnoun[C]uk

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/?meɡ.??lɑ?.p?l.?s/anextremelylargecityorurban(=city)areawhere a lot ofpeoplelive:Today Shenzhen is a megalopolis of 13 millionpeople.Thelandscapewill justbecomeone undifferentiatedsprawlingmegalopolis.Comparemetropolis

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• NewJerseyis at the centercentre of the megalopolis, whichextendsfrom Boston to Washington.
• SouthFlorida is now asprawlingmegalopolis with seven millionresidentsand forty millionannualtourists.
• 22 millionpeoplecramthe megalopolis andvastswathesof the cityscape have beenrebuiltsky-high.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general)

• aerotropolis
• anti-city
• anti-urban
• Cantabrigian
• citywide
• county borough
• garden city
• Londoner
• metro
• municipal
• retirement village
• sanctuary city
• sister city
• twin
• unincorporated
• urban
• urban jungle
• urbanization
• village
• Woop Woop

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(Definition ofmegalopolisfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/megalopolis##