- (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
- (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）
Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French métro, abbreviation of métropolitain (from Chemin de Fer Métropolitain ‘Metropolitan Railway’).