metro
noun /ˈmetrəʊ/
/ˈmetrəʊ/
(plural metros)
- (also the Metro)[singular] an underground train system, especially the one in Paris
地铁;(尤指)巴黎地铁 - on the metro to travel on the metro
乘坐地铁旅行 - by metro I get to work by metro.
我乘地铁去上班。 - the Paris Metro
巴黎地铁 - a metro station
地铁站
British/American underground / subway / metro / tubeunderground / subway / metro / tubeTopics Transport by bus and traina2- A city’s underground railway system is usually called the underground (often the Underground) in British English and the subway in North American English. Speakers of British English also use subway for systems in American cities and metro for systems in other European countries. The Metro is the name for the systems in Paris and Washington, D.C. London’s system is often called the Tube.
- on the metro to travel on the metro
- (Indian English) a large or capital city, especially Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai or Chennai
大城市,大都市(尤指德里、加尔各答、孟买或钦奈) - Here are the temperatures recorded at the four metros at 5 o'clock this morning.
这是今天早晨 5 点钟时四大城市的气温记录。
- Here are the temperatures recorded at the four metros at 5 o'clock this morning.
词源early 20th cent.: from French métro, abbreviation of métropolitain (from Chemin de Fer Métropolitain ‘Metropolitan Railway’).