megalopolis
noun [ C ] uk/ˌmeɡ.əˈlɒp.əl.ɪs/ us/ˌmeɡ.əˈlɑː.pəl.ɪs/
大都市;巨型城市
an extremely large city or urban (= city) area where a lot of people live
Today Shenzhen is a megalopolis of 13 million people. 如今，深圳是一个拥有1300万人口的大都市。
The landscape will just become one undifferentiated sprawling megalopolis. 这片土地将只会变成一个毫无区别的、无序蔓延的巨型城市。
Compare: metropolis
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- New Jersey is at the centercentre of the megalopolis, which extends from Boston to Washington.
- South Florida is now a sprawling megalopolis with seven million residents and forty million annual tourists.
- 22 million people cram the megalopolis and vast swathes of the cityscape have been rebuilt sky-high.