emperor
名词 n.
英 /ˈɛmp(ə)ɹə/|/ˈɛmpʰ(ə)ɹə/
美 /ˈemp(ə)ɹə/|[ˈempʰ(ə)ɹə]|/ˈɛmp(ə)ɹɚ/|[ˈɛmpʰ(ə)ɹɚ]
英文释义
名词 n.
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The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
— In imperial China, it was often a responsibility of the emperor to evaluate his predecessor after the latter's death.
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Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
— In 690 Wu usurped the throne and became Emperor herself, which proved a unique event in the history of China.
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Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
— The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
- The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
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A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
— But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors, etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles […]
- Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
- Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
- Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
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An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).
— We do not know if the emperors are monogamous. I know some of the penguins species mate for life.
词汇关系
衍生词
antiemperor
Australian emperor
Chimperor
coemperor
emperor butterfly
emperor cichlid
emperor fairywren
emperor goose
emperorism
emperorist
emperorlike
emperor moth
emperor paper
emperor penguin
emperor rat
emperor scorpion
emperorship
emperor shrimp
emperor tamarin
God Emperor
little emperor
little emperor syndrome
pale-spotted emperor
purple emperor
Trumperor
词源
From Middle English emperour, from Anglo-Norman emperour, from Latin imperātorem, derived from imperō (“to command”). Doublet of imperator. Displaced earlier Old English casere, from Latin Caesar.
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