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metro
1[ me-troh ]
noun
- the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
metro-
2- a combining form meaning 鈥渕easure,鈥 used in the formation of compound words:
metronome.
metro
3[ me-troh ]
adjective
noun
- (often initial capital letter) Chiefly Canadian. the government or jurisdiction of a large city.
metro-
4- a combining form meaning 鈥渦terus,鈥 used in the formation of compound words:
metrorrhagia.
metro-
5- a combining form representing metropolis or metropolitan in compound words:
metroflight; metroland; Metroliner.
metro
1/ 藞m蓻tr蓹蕣; metro /
noun
- an underground, or largely underground, railway system in certain cities, esp in Europe, such as that in Paris
metro-
2combining_form
- indicating the uterus
metrorrhagia
metro-
3combining_form
- indicating a measure
metronome
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of metro1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of metro1
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Example Sentences
In Spain and Portugal, traffic lights stopped working, metro systems ground to a halt, and businesses were unable to accept card payments - triggering huge queues at the few cash machines that were still working.
Passengers on the Barcelona metro had to walk to safety using the torches on their mobile phones when their trains became stuck in tunnels.
But by March 2026, the real estate firm predicts home prices across the L.A.-Orange County metro area will be 2.4% lower than they are today, in large part because of rising inventory.
The L.A. metro area has more foreign-born residents than any city but New York, many of whom go back and forth to their ancestral countries with some regularity.
All domestic flights have been cancelled, while trains and metro services have been suspended in Buenos Aires and other parts of the country.
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