cos·mop·o·lite /kɑzˈmɑpəˌlaɪt/
遍布世界的生物
Cos·mo·pol·i·tan Cos·mop·o·lite n. One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.
Cos·mo·pol·i·tan, Cos·mop·o·lite, a.
1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.
In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. --Sir W. Hamilton.
2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world.
The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. --R. Owen.
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Cos·mop·o·lite a. & n. See Cosmopolitan.
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cosmopolite
n : a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
[syn: cosmopolitan]