Metropolis 大都市

Nowadays, it refers to a large city — particularly an important one.
這個(gè)詞現(xiàn)在多指大都市，尤其是地位比較重要的城市。

In ancient Greece, metropolis referred to the mother city of a colony. Metropolis comes from the Greek mētēr ("mother") + polis ("city").
在古希臘，metropolis指殖民地的宗主城市。Metropolis一詞源于希臘語的mētēr（母親）和polis（城市）。

Matrix 母體，背景，模型

The term originates in the Latin mater, meaning "mother."
這個(gè)詞源于拉丁語中的mater一詞，意為“母親”。

The original (now-archaic) meaning of matrix was "uterus." Today the word usually refers to a situation or set of conditions in which something develops or?forms.
Matrix一詞最早的意思為“子宮”（如今該用法已棄用）?，F(xiàn)在，這個(gè)詞通常指形勢(shì)或者事物發(fā)展或成形的條件。

Alma Mater 母校

Alma mater refers either to a school one attended, or to that school's song.
Alma mater指“母?！被蛘吣感５男８?。

The ancients used alma mater as a title for such goddesses as Ceres, the Roman goddess of the growth of food plants, and Cybele, who was worshipped as the?universal mother of gods, humans, and animals.
古代的人用alma mater來指代谷神星（古羅馬掌管谷物生長的女神）和希比利神（亦稱“眾神之母”，是宇宙中一切神、人類和動(dòng)物之母）。

Matrimony 婚姻

Matrimony joins two people, but that pairing is rooted in one word: mother.
婚姻讓兩個(gè)人走到一起，不過這種聯(lián)姻源自于一個(gè)詞：mother（母親）。

Matrimony comes from mater, Latin for "mother." This reflects the traditional role of marriage in legalizing motherhood – allowing women to produce legitimate children and heirs.
Matrimony也源自于拉丁語中的mater（母親）一詞。這也反應(yīng)了母系合法化過程中婚姻的傳統(tǒng)地位，即婚姻讓女人能夠繁衍合法的子嗣。

Matter 物質(zhì)

The fact of the matter is this: the Latin word for "mother," mater, is this word's distant ancestor.
Matter一詞怎么會(huì)出現(xiàn)在這里？事情是這樣的，拉丁語中的mater（母親）一詞是matter一詞的遠(yuǎn)祖。

Mater was shaped into materia, meaning "physical substance" or "matter." Materia eventually developed into matter.
Mater一詞后來演化成materia，即“物質(zhì)”。而materia一詞最終演化成了matter這個(gè)詞。

Why did mother lead to matter? The connection is uncertain, but perhaps it's because matter is the substance from which something is made; and it is mother?from which we all are made.
“母親”和“物質(zhì)”之間有什么因果關(guān)系呢？答案尚不明確。或許因?yàn)槲镔|(zhì)是構(gòu)成所有事物的成分，也是我們所有人成形之源頭吧。