imperial

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əl/    美 /ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əl/|/ɪmˈpɪɹ.i.əl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle. countable,uncountable
  2. A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches. countable,uncountable
  3. A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump. uncountable
  4. Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game. countable
  5. A crown imperial. countable,uncountable
    — There are who say the sonnet's meted maze Is all too fettered for the poet's powers, Compelled to crowd his flush and airy flowers Like pots of tall imperials, ill at ease.
  6. A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III). countable,uncountable
  7. A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings. countable,uncountable
  8. An outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage. countable,historical,uncountable
    — ...and she was just in time to see Mr. Boyne Sillery hand her aunt into a carriage, jump in himself, when it drove off with a rapidity which scarcely allowed her to observe that a large imperial was on the top, and her aunt's servant, with a huge bandbox, on the dickey.
  9. A suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage. countable,historical,uncountable
    — [T]he imperials were packed, and the post-chariot was at the door.
  10. A variety of green tea. countable,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
    — the imperial diadem of Rome
  2. Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
    — Using imperial units such as pounds makes fresh produce look cheaper than it really is, and it might be luring consumers away from frozen produce, which could possibly provide the same nutritional benefits at lower cost.
  3. Very grand or fine.
  4. Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
  5. Stronger than typical. (Derived from the name of Russian Imperial stout, a strong dark beer.)
    — Imperial pale ale, Imperial IPA, Imperial pilsner, Imperial milk stout, Imperial lager, Imperial mead

词形变化

more imperial comparative most imperial superlative imperials plural

词汇关系

近义词
in old money
衍生词
Australian pied imperial pigeon eastern imperial eagle extraimperial free imperial city Her Imperial Highness His Imperial Highness Imperial Aramaic imperial boomerang imperial circle Imperial City Imperial County imperial cult imperial cypher imperial decree imperial disease imperial drill imperial examination imperial gallon Imperial Highness imperial India pale ale imperialism imperialist imperialistic imperialities imperiality imperialization imperialize imperial jade imperial knight imperially imperial moth imperialness imperial pint imperial prince imperial princess imperial-royal imperial shag Imperial stout Imperial Valley imperial we interimperial intraimperial mint imperial neo-imperial nonimperial postimperial preimperial Their Imperial Majesties Torresian imperial pigeon unimperial York Imperial Your Imperial Highness
相关词
emperor empire empress imperious

词源

词源 1
From Middle English imperial, from Old French imperial, from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”) + -ālis, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Displaced Old English cāserlīċ.
词源 2
From Middle English imperial, from Old French imperial, from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor, imperial”), from imperium (“empire, imperial government”) + -ālis, from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Displaced Old English cāserlīċ.
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