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词汇 emperor
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Definition of emperor in English:

emperor

noun ˈɛmp(ə)rəˈɛmp(ə)rər
  • 1A sovereign ruler of an empire.

    he became emperor in 1930
    he is regarded as one of the greatest Roman emperors
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Kings, queens, and emperors were slow to learn the lesson that money is for using, not hoarding.
    • The grand dukes became the tsars of Muscovy, who in turn became emperors of the Russian Empire.
    • Akbar is also the name of one of the Mughal emperors.
    • In theory, all the princes in the Holy Roman Empire were subservient to the emperor.
    • The king is expected to invite the emperor and empress to a private dinner at his palace on Wednesday.
    • Imperialism meant a state with an emperor, a ruler using military power to conquer other people.
    • That's why, for much of history, furs and skins from the more aggressive carnivores have been an essential part of the ceremonial dress of kings, emperors and dictators.
    • The emperor and empress earlier in the day met with the king, who has been discharged from the hospital.
    • China's emperors and empresses knew what they wanted.
    • The most mystical of shades, purple, has been preferred by kings, queens and emperors throughout history.
    • The Forbidden City was the palace of Ming and Qing emperors and off-limits to ordinary Chinese citizens for 500 years.
    • Its rulers called themselves Roman emperors and its subjects were Roman citizens subject to Roman law.
    • The emperor and empress will leave Tokyo on May 7 and arrive in Dublin later that day.
    • A good road system also made it easier for the emperors to control their empire as messages and orders could be sent quickly.
    • For a century and a half, under three great emperors, the Qing Dynasty grew in wealth and territory.
    • The first of the Mughal emperors, Babur, in spite of his keen aesthetic sense, did not have the time to embark upon a concerted program of building.
    • The Qing collections were among the finest ever assembled, fitting the scale of the empire over which the emperors ruled.
    • At the end of the passage, there is a big hillock, under which the first Qing emperor and empress are buried.
    • It is characteristic that between 1025 and 1081, the empire had twelve emperors but only five patriarchs.
    • The exterior was decorated at the top with glistening gilded bronze shields, and the arches were filled with painted statues of emperors and gods.
    Synonyms
    ruler, sovereign, king, monarch, potentate, lord, overlord
    formerly, in certain Muslim countries khan
    Russian, historical tsar
    German, historical kaiser
    Japanese, historical mikado
    in ancient Rome imperator
    rare ethnarch, autarch
  • 2An orange and brown North American butterfly with a swift dodging flight, breeding chiefly on hackberries.

    (北美的)丽蝶,皇蝶

    Genus Asterocampa, subfamily Apaturinae, family Nymphalidae: several species, in particular the tawny emperor (A. clyton). See also purple emperor

Phrases

  • the emperor's new clothes

    • Used in reference to a situation in which people believe or pretend to believe in the worth or importance of something that is worthless, or fear to point out an obvious truth that is counter to prevailing opinion.

      is his white canvas a case of the emperor's new clothes or is it something beautiful, even moving?
      this is the first time that anyone has stripped his work of its rhetoric and shown that this particular emperor has no clothes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then suddenly the emperor's new clothes slipped away and the lack of inventive creativity became obvious.
      • Most of what we viewed fell into the "emperor's new clothes" category.
      • Unfortunately it is a case of the emperor's new clothes: the critics and media say the actors are wonderful - hence the punters pay stupid money to see them!
      • Like the mythical emperor's new clothes, the obscurity of highbrow discourse was merely a mystique that charlatans used to confound the gullible.
      • He basically wrote that he thought the film was a fraud: "the emperor has no clothes".
      • Since everyone buys into the sham, there's no one around with the guts to notice the emperor's new clothes.
      • His so-called 'art' was terrible - thank goodness people are realizing the emperor has no clothes.
      • But virtually everyone is declaring the emperor has no clothes.
      • It is doubtful that anyone will tell the senator that the emperor has no clothes.
      • I tend to think that if the emperor has no clothes, it doesn't matter how smart one claims to be or how deep one's point may be.

Derivatives

  • emperorship

  • noun
    • In this way, the astronomical clock and the water mill became two different embodiments of the same emperorship in science.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • France was in those years ruled by an adventurer who was convinced that he could preserve his emperorship only by fresh military victories.
      • The only check on that power is the spasmodic eruption of pseudo-scandal, a brief orgy of blood-letting as used to occur between emperorships in ancient Rome.
      • When he died unexpectedly at age 68, a brutal competition for the emperorship broke out among his sons.
      • Helping him is Wu Yip, who has designs on the emperorship of China.

Origin

Middle English (especially representing the title given to the head of the Roman Empire): from Old French emperere, from Latin imperator 'military commander', from imperare 'to command', from in- 'towards' + parare 'prepare, contrive'.

  • The root of emperor is the Latin word imperare ‘to command’, which is also the ultimate source of empire (Middle English), imperative (mid 16th century), imperial (Late Middle English), and imperious (late 16th century). Latin imperator meant ‘military commander’, which was given as a title to Julius Caesar and to Augustus, the first Roman emperor, and was adopted by subsequent rulers of the empire. In English, emperor first referred to these Roman rulers, and then to the head of the Holy Roman Empire. See also evil

Rhymes

Klemperer, tempera, temperer

Definition of emperor in US English:

emperor

nounˈemp(ə)rərˈɛmp(ə)rər
  • 1A sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.

    皇帝;(帝国的)君主

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The king is expected to invite the emperor and empress to a private dinner at his palace on Wednesday.
    • The most mystical of shades, purple, has been preferred by kings, queens and emperors throughout history.
    • The exterior was decorated at the top with glistening gilded bronze shields, and the arches were filled with painted statues of emperors and gods.
    • Its rulers called themselves Roman emperors and its subjects were Roman citizens subject to Roman law.
    • That's why, for much of history, furs and skins from the more aggressive carnivores have been an essential part of the ceremonial dress of kings, emperors and dictators.
    • The Forbidden City was the palace of Ming and Qing emperors and off-limits to ordinary Chinese citizens for 500 years.
    • For a century and a half, under three great emperors, the Qing Dynasty grew in wealth and territory.
    • China's emperors and empresses knew what they wanted.
    • The grand dukes became the tsars of Muscovy, who in turn became emperors of the Russian Empire.
    • The first of the Mughal emperors, Babur, in spite of his keen aesthetic sense, did not have the time to embark upon a concerted program of building.
    • It is characteristic that between 1025 and 1081, the empire had twelve emperors but only five patriarchs.
    • Imperialism meant a state with an emperor, a ruler using military power to conquer other people.
    • The Qing collections were among the finest ever assembled, fitting the scale of the empire over which the emperors ruled.
    • The emperor and empress earlier in the day met with the king, who has been discharged from the hospital.
    • At the end of the passage, there is a big hillock, under which the first Qing emperor and empress are buried.
    • In theory, all the princes in the Holy Roman Empire were subservient to the emperor.
    • The emperor and empress will leave Tokyo on May 7 and arrive in Dublin later that day.
    • Akbar is also the name of one of the Mughal emperors.
    • Kings, queens, and emperors were slow to learn the lesson that money is for using, not hoarding.
    • A good road system also made it easier for the emperors to control their empire as messages and orders could be sent quickly.
    Synonyms
    ruler, sovereign, king, monarch, potentate, lord, overlord
  • 2An orange and brown North American butterfly with a swift dodging flight, breeding chiefly on hackberries.

    (北美的)丽蝶,皇蝶

    Genus Asterocampa, subfamily Apaturinae, family Nymphalidae: several species, in particular the tawny emperor (A. clyton)

Phrases

  • the emperor's new clothes

    • Used in reference to a situation in which people believe or pretend to believe in the worth or importance of something that is worthless, or fear to point out an obvious truth that is counter to prevailing opinion.

      is his white canvas a case of the emperor's new clothes or is it something beautiful, even moving?
      this is the first time that anyone has stripped his work of its rhetoric and shown that this particular emperor has no clothes
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I tend to think that if the emperor has no clothes, it doesn't matter how smart one claims to be or how deep one's point may be.
      • It is doubtful that anyone will tell the senator that the emperor has no clothes.
      • Like the mythical emperor's new clothes, the obscurity of highbrow discourse was merely a mystique that charlatans used to confound the gullible.
      • Since everyone buys into the sham, there's no one around with the guts to notice the emperor's new clothes.
      • Most of what we viewed fell into the "emperor's new clothes" category.
      • He basically wrote that he thought the film was a fraud: "the emperor has no clothes".
      • But virtually everyone is declaring the emperor has no clothes.
      • His so-called 'art' was terrible - thank goodness people are realizing the emperor has no clothes.
      • Then suddenly the emperor's new clothes slipped away and the lack of inventive creativity became obvious.
      • Unfortunately it is a case of the emperor's new clothes: the critics and media say the actors are wonderful - hence the punters pay stupid money to see them!

Origin

Middle English (especially representing the title given to the head of the Roman Empire): from Old French emperere, from Latin imperator ‘military commander’, from imperare ‘to command’, from in- ‘towards’ + parare ‘prepare, contrive’.

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