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emperor

/em-per-er/US // ˈɛm pər ər //UK // (ˈɛmpərə) //

皇帝,皇上,皇帝陛下,皇室

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire: the emperors of Rome.
    • : Chiefly British. a size of drawing or writing paper, 48 × 72 inches.

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Examples

  • If anyone were to believe that this was meant just metaphorically, Prokopios even goes on to write that those who spent time with the emperor late into the night would see a ghost instead of his bodily form.

  • It appears the past four years have exposed this nation as an emperor with no clothes.

  • At the bottom of the world, hundreds of thousands of emperor penguins emerge from the sea each April to trek over 50 miles to their inland colonies.

  • Patches of penguin poop spotted in new high-resolution satellite images of Antarctica reveal a handful of small, previously overlooked emperor penguin colonies.

  • As opposed to the crowd-pleasing projects sanctioned by the emperor, the monument was actually commissioned by the Roman Senate, on the occasion of Augustus’ return to Rome in 13 BC.

  • At times, Mario Cuomo seemed to have the humility of a Jesuit and the goals of an emperor.

  • That is, of course, unless one has something new to say about the French emperor.

  • How her role became more “maternal rather than marital,” and branding Hawking an “all-powerful emperor” and “masterly puppeteer.”

  • The problem, as many an emperor could confirm, is that culminating points are easiest to identify in retrospect.

  • He also eventually comes around, killing the Emperor and saving his son, Luke.

  • However, on reaching Spain, the magic of the Emperor's personality soon restored the vigour and prestige of the French arms.

  • In passing to her own chamber she met the Emperor, and, in the agitation of her maternal fears, told him all that had passed.

  • The first rail road opened in Brazil, the emperor and empress being present at the inauguration.

  • At the end of the campaign the Emperor justly rewarded his lieutenant by creating him Prince of Wagram.

  • The emperor Nicholas of Russia declared, by ukase, his purpose to assist Austria.