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核心畫面

Picture the official stamp of an empire's authority — the crown, the emperor, the power that reaches across many lands and peoples. 'Imperial' is the adjective for anything wearing that stamp: it belongs to, or comes from, that ruling power.

可以想成一個帝國蓋在東西上的官方印記：皇冠、皇帝、橫跨許多土地和民族的統治權力。imperial 就是替任何蓋著這個…更多收起可以想成一個帝國蓋在東西上的官方印記：皇冠、皇帝、橫跨許多土地和民族的統治權力。imperial 就是替任何蓋著這個印記的東西貼上的形容詞——屬於帝國、來自帝國、或屬於那位皇帝的。

From the picture

英制度量

這一支是核心的一個專門延伸：英磅、英吋、英里、品脫這套舊制度,當年正是大英『帝國』的官方度量衡,所以就叫 imperial units。換句話說,imperial 的『英制』意思,骨子裡還是『帝國的』——只是特指那個帝國留下來的量法。

imperial measurement units · adjective · B2

Relating to the old British way of measuring things in pounds, inches, miles, and pints, rather than the metric system.

英制的

Also in this word

of an empire · adjective · C1

Relating to an empire, or to the king, queen, or emperor who rules it.

帝國的／皇帝的

原始詞典資料27 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。

Imperialname

  • 1

    A city in Imperial County, California, United States.

  • 2

    A city, the county seat of Chase County, Nebraska, United States.

  • 3

    A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

  • 4

    Imperial College London.

    • He is now professor of infectious disease epidemiology at Imperial
  • 5

    A census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States.

  • 6

    A census-designated place in Texas, United States.

  • 7

    An unincorporated community in Virginia, United States.

  • 8

    An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.

另外 1 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    A former department of Chile.

Imperialnoun

  • 1

    A large Bordeaux wine bottle with the capacity of about 6 liters, equivalent to 8 standard bottles.

imperialadj/ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əl/

  • 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

imperialnoun/ɪmˈpɪə.ɹi.əl/

  • 1

    A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.

  • 2

    mediaprintingpublishingA writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.

  • 3

    card-gamesgamesA card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.

  • 4

    card-gamesgamesAny of several combinations of cards which score in this game.

  • 5

    A crown imperial.

    • 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).

  • 7

    A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.

  • 8

    historicalAn outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage.

    • ...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.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    historicalA suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage.

    • [T]he imperials were packed, and the post-chariot was at the door.
  • 10

    A variety of green tea.

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