One way to picture it: a city street where you hear five languages in one block — people, food and habits from all over the world gathered in one place, and that mix felt as a good thing.
From the word’s history
From cosmopolite + -an; cosmopolite is Greek kosmos "world" + politēs "citizen" — literally a citizen of the world, which is exactly the picture the modern senses turn on.
這個字由 cosmopolite 加 -an 而來，而 cosmopolite 是希臘文 kosmos（世界）加 politēs（公民）——字面就是「世界的公民」。這條字源直接就是現代用法的畫面：不屬於某一個小地方、而是把整個世界當成自己的地盤。順帶記住 kosmos 也出現在 cosmic、cosmos 裡，politēs 則和 politics、metropolitan 同源，一次記三個字。
Wiktionary, entry "cosmopolitan" (cosmopolite + -an; Ancient Greek κόσμος "world" + πολίτης "citizen")
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原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
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cosmopolitanadj/ˌkɒz.məˈpɒl.ɪ.tən/
- 1
Inclusive; affecting the whole world.
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Composed of people from all over the world.
- 3
At ease in any part of the world; having a wide experience with many cultures.
- The philosophy of cosmopolitanism underlies theories of global citizenship. Cosmopolitanism is the ability to balance a local and global identity. A cosmopolitan individual engages meaningfully with different cultures and feels at home in the world.
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biologyecologynatural-sciencesGrowing or living in many parts of the world; widely distributed.
- Domestication and the evolution of anthrophilic traits in houseflies and some drosophilids have allowed certain species to attain cosmopolitan status.
cosmopolitannoun/ˌkɒz.məˈpɒl.ɪ.tən/
- 1
A cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite.
- 'She is extremely rich. A cosmopolitan.'
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A cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice.
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datedA butterfly of species Vanessa cardui.
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A moth of species Leucania loreyi.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。