metroとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From French métro, clipping of métropolitain (from Ancient Greek μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”)), as in the Chemin de fer métropolitain, an early name for the Paris Métro. This name was a direct translation of "Metropolitan Railway", which was the original name of the earliest part of the London Underground, constructed in 1863.

別の表記

• métro

名詞

metro (plural metros)

1. (general) A rapid transit rail transport system, or a train in such systems, generally underground and serving a metropolitan area.

   Synonyms: (US, Canada, Scotland, South Africa) subway, (London) underground, underground railway, (London slang) Tube, tube

   He is going to the stadium by metro.

   • 2000, Frederick Parkins, The NATO Opposition, →ISBN, page 27:

     Recalling that Davide Lungo returned the van at the airport, Pizo descended the nearby stairs to the underground metro, and boarded the next metro stopping there.

   • 2014, Lily Sergueiew, I Worked Alone: Diary of a Double Agent in World War II Europe, →ISBN:

     I hurry to the underground. ... I am waiting for the next metro; I'll take it.

   • 2017, Pam Taylor, 399 Days: Our European Escapade, →ISBN:

     What we entered into here was well lit and had clean silver curvy walls that ended in nice automatic elevators that took you underground. The walls are not infested with graffiti and advertisements; they were clean and shiny. We waited on nice benches until the metro arrived.

2. (less common) An urban rapid transit rail transport system, normally with lighter track and light trains (i.e. an S-Bahn or similar), or a train in such systems.
   • 2006, C. A. Brebbia, V. Dolezel, Urban Transport XII: Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century, page 227:

     Informs how long the passenger has to wait for the next metro

   • 2008, Brandon Wilson, Along the Templar Trail: Seven Million Steps for Peace, →ISBN, page 75:

     With the weather clear and warm for a change, I decided to catch the next metro to the outskirts of town by myself.

   • 2015, Pratyush Sinha, Love in Metro: Story of Love and Ego, →ISBN:

     I boarded the Yellow Line Metro, beaming with confidence. I got down at Rajiv Chowk to continue my journey towards Noida City Centre (NCC). The next metro arrived.

派生語

語源 2

Clipping of metropolitan.

名詞

metro (plural metros)

1. A metropolitan area.
   • 2019 August 12, Derek Thompson, “America's Hot New Job Is Being a Rich Person's Servant”, in The Atlantic‎, archived from the original on 26 August 2019:

     In an age of persistently high inequality, work in high-cost metros catering to the whims of the wealthy—grooming them, stretching them, feeding them, driving them—has become one of the fastest-growing industries. […] Relationships between the classes, once mediated through the household, are now managed through an app that serves a large metro area.

形容詞

metro (comparative more metro, superlative most metro)

1. metropolitan

派生語

• Metro Vancouver

関連する語

• metrosexual

アナグラム

• Moret, rot me, Termo, Tormé, Tomer

発音

• IPA: /mɛtɹo/

接頭辞

metro-

1. metropolitan: of or relating to the city.

   metro-link, metro-bus, metro-rail

語源 2

From metra, medical English, via New Latin, via Ancient Greek μήτρα (mḗtra), "uterus".

別の表記

• metr- (before a vowel)

発音

• IPA: /miːtɹo/

接頭辞

metro-

1. (medicine) Relating to the uterus.

   Synonyms: hystero-, utero-

派生語

関連する語

語源 3

接頭辞

metro-

1. poetry; meter
2. relating to measurements

派生語

• metromania
• metrology

アナグラム

• Moret, rot me, Termo, Tormé, Tomer