a large, important city (often the capital city of a country or region) 大都会;大城市;首都;首府 Barcelona has all the amenities you would expect to find in a great metropolis. 大都会应有的便利,巴塞罗那一样不缺。
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the see of a metropolitan bishop): via late Latin from Greek mētropolis ‘mother state’, from mētēr, mētr- ‘mother’ + polis ‘city’.