metro

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

metro [metro metros] noun, adjective BrE [ˈmetrəʊ] NAmE [ˈmetroʊ]
noun (pl. metros)
1. (also the Metro)singular an underground train system, especially the one in Paris
•to travel on the metro / by metro
•the Paris Metro
•a metro station
2. (IndE)a large or capital city, especially Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai or Chennai
•Here are the temperatures recorded at the four metros at 5 o'clock this morning.

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

British/American:
underground / subway / metro / tube
A city’s underground railway/railroad system is usually called the underground (often the Underground) in BrE and the subway in NAmE. Speakers of BrE 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.
 
adjective (NAmE, informal) = ↑metropolitan
•the New York metro areas

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

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  tube, underground, subway system, subway