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    /ˈempərər/ · /ˈempərə/

    A man who rules an empire — a large group of countries or lands.

    皇帝

    複數 emperors

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核心畫面

Picture the one man at the very top who gives the commands for a whole empire — many countries and lands all answering to his word.

可以想成:站在最頂端、對整個帝國發號施令的那一個人——底下許多國家和土地,都聽他一句話。

From the word’s history

From Latin imperator 'commander', from imperare 'to command' (in- + parare 'to order, prepare'). In Rome it first meant a victorious army's commander; an emperor is at root 'the one who commands'.

來自拉丁文 imperator「統帥、發令者」,源自 imperare「下令」(in- 加上 parare「安排、部署」)。在羅馬,這個詞最早指打了勝仗、被軍隊擁戴的統帥;emperor 的根本,就是「那個發號施令的人」。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com/word/emperor)

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Emperornoun

  • 1

    The title of an emperor.

    • As military attaché to the British Embassy in Berlin he enjoyed the esteem of Emperors William and Frederick.

emperornoun/ˈɛmp(ə)ɹə/

  • 1

    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.
    • They asked Julius Caesar, the valiant Roman emperor, what was the best death. He answered, that which is unexpected, which comes suddenly and unforeseen
  • 2

    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.
    • After his death in 683 she ruled for seven years as regent and then, deposing her son, became emperor herself, the only woman in Chinese history to hold the title.
  • 3

    Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.

    • The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
  • 4

    human-sciencesmysticismphilosophyThe fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.

  • 5

    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 […]
  • 6

    Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.

  • 7

    biologyentomologynatural-sciencesAny of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.

  • 8

    biologyentomologynatural-sciencesAny of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.

另外 1 個記錄的用法
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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.
    • During pairing, mates walk an average of only 90 m per day, and, while incubating, male emperors move an average of 30 m per day.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。