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scepter

/sep-ter/US // ˈsɛp tər //

权杖,瓛,珽,杖

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
    • : royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to give a scepter to; invest with authority.

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Examples

  • He portrays Merkel holding a Euro-topped scepter as she sits on a throne adorned with an EU emblem-inspired clock.

  • Offering the scepter to an ex-President Obama is one option, writes Geoffrey Robertson.

  • “Katy has a status,” he says, pointing to a painting of Perry wielding a candy-cane scepter.

  • In that relationship, the lower-class king of his dingy domain is enthroned atop a commode and uses a toilet brush as a scepter.

  • On the throne sat an old132 magician, with a crown on his ugly head and a scepter in his hand.

  • Certainly he was not a man of sufficient ability worthily to hold the scepter of so great an empire.

  • The god was represented as seated on his throne, with his brows crowned with a wreath of olive and in his hand a scepter.

  • In the right hand there is a scepter terminating in a sign which has been thought to represent fire.

  • The present-day detective king wields his scepter for precisely the same reason.