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A monarch is a king or a queen: the one person at the top of a royal family who is the official head of a country. Some monarchs still hold real power. Others, like the king or queen of the United Kingdom today, mostly open buildings, visit hospitals, and stand for the country, while elected people run the government.
A monarch is a king or a queenmonarch 是國王或女王 the one person at the top of a royal family who is the official head of a country王室裡位居最頂端、正式擔任一國元首的那個人 Some monarchs still hold real power有些君主仍然握有實權 Others, like the king or queen of the United Kingdom today其他的，像今天的英國國王或女王 mostly open buildings, visit hospitals, and stand for the country大多是剪綵、訪視醫院，代表這個國家 while elected people run the government而由民選的人來管理政府
We also say the monarch to mean whoever is king or queen at the time, not one named person. The word is fairly formal; in everyday talk people more often say king, queen, or the royal family.
We also say the monarch to mean whoever is king or queen at the time我們也會用 the monarch 指當時不管是誰的那位國王或女王 not one named person而不是特定叫某個名字的人 The word is fairly formal這個字相當正式 in everyday talk people more often say king, queen, or the royal family日常口語裡人們更常說 king、queen，或 the royal family
There is a well-known butterfly called a monarch too, but that is another use of the same spelling. This entry is the king-or-queen meaning.
There is a well-known butterfly called a monarch too也有一種有名的蝴蝶叫 monarch but that is another use of the same spelling但那是同一個拼法的另一種用法 This entry is the king-or-queen meaning這個詞條講的是國王或女王的意思
組成From Greek mónos (only, alone) + arkhós (leader): the one who rules alone. In English this is the same idea as mono- + -arch.
同家族的字
- monarchythe system in which a monarch is head of the country
- monarchista person who wants the country to have a monarch
- monarchicthe adjective: about a monarch or that system
原始詞典資料15 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。
Monarchname
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A surname.
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另外 1 個記錄的用法
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A number of places in the United States:
monarchnoun/ˈmɒnək/
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The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
- Never was monarch better fear'd and lov'd / Than is your Majesty.
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A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America.
- But I know the monarchs are close by, their orange-and-black wings folded, dusted, and baked by heat, ready to flee south.
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A police officer.
- ‘Skippy gets off. An ya know the first thing e says to them monarch? E turns round on em an yelps, “An now ya can just gimme back that bottle.”’
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A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers.
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The chief or best thing of its kind.
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Any bird of the family Monarchidae.
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。