metro

英 [ˈmetrəʊ]

美 [ˈmetroʊ]

n.  地下铁路; 地铁; (尤指)巴黎地铁; 大城市，大都市(尤指德里、加尔各答、孟买或钦奈)
adj.  大都市的

复数：metros　

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牛津词典

noun

• 地下铁路；地铁；（尤指）巴黎地铁
  an underground train system, especially the one in Paris
  1. to travel on the metro / by metro
     乘地铁旅行
  2. the Paris Metro
     巴黎地铁
  3. a metro station
     地铁车站
• 大城市，大都市（尤指德里、加尔各答、孟买或钦奈）
  a large or capital city, especially Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai or Chennai
  1. 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。

adj.

adj.

柯林斯词典

• 地铁;地下铁路
  The metrois the underground railway system in some cities, for example in Paris.

英英释义

noun

• an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)
  1. in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'
  Synonym:tubeundergroundsubway systemsubway

双语例句

• Well, I think we need a bigger metro system and more buses here.
  哦，我想需要更发达的地铁系统和更多的公共汽车。
• He goes to work by metro 〔 on the metro 〕.
  他坐地铁上班。
• B and there will be new metro lines and transport systems.
  而且到时将有新的地铁线路和新的交通系统开始运行。
• This paper studies the metro line design problem in a multi-modal network with elastic demand.
  本文研究了弹性需求下多方式交通网络中地铁线路的投资决策（设计）问题。
• I chanced across him in a metro station.
  在一个地铁车站我碰巧见到他。
• There are bridges, Metro train from Airport to the Village, a lot of bridges.
  建起了桥梁，从机场到运动员村的地铁，很多的桥梁。
• B Yes. I think Beijing needs more buses, trains and metro trains.
  是的。我想北京需要更多的公共汽车、火车和地铁。
• Houses in Pudong area have all appreciated since Metro was open to the public.
  自从地铁向公众开放后，浦东地区的房产增值了。
• Shield tunneling has become one of the important construction methods for metro tunnels in China.
  盾构施工技术已发展成为我国地铁随道施工的重要工法之一。
• London has a bigger underground, or metro system.
  我觉得伦敦的地铁棒极了。