scepter
英 ['sept?]
美['s?pt?]
- n. 節(jié)杖（象征君權(quán)）；王權(quán)
- vt. 授予…王權(quán)；擁登王位（等于sceptre）
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?scepters;
助記提示
1. 同源詞：scepter, shaft, scape.
2. scepter: from Old French sceptre, from Latin sceptrum, from Greek skeptron "staff," from root of skeptesthai "to prop oneself." Cognate with Old English sceaft (see shaft).
2. scepter: from Old French sceptre, from Latin sceptrum, from Greek skeptron "staff," from root of skeptesthai "to prop oneself." Cognate with Old English sceaft (see shaft).
中文詞源
scepter 節(jié)杖，權(quán)杖
來自古法語 sceptre,來自拉丁語 sceptrum,王杖，權(quán)杖，來自希臘語 skeptron,王杖，權(quán)杖，棍 子，來自 skeptein,支撐，來自拉丁語 PIE*skep,砍，切，削，詞源同 shaft,shape.
英文詞源
- scepter (n.)
- c. 1300, ceptre, from Old French sceptre (12c.), from Latin sceptrum "royal staff," from Greek skeptron "staff to lean on; royal scepter;" in transferred use, "royalty," from root of skeptein "to prop or stay, lean on." Apparently a cognate with Old English sceaft (see shaft (n.1)). The verb meaning "to furnish with a scepter" is from 1520s. Related: sceptred.
雙語例句
- 1. A scepter is one of the attributes of a king.
- 權(quán)杖是帝王的象征之一.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The crown and the scepter are the insigne of kings.
- 王冠與權(quán)杖是國王的標(biāo)志.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. The scepter is the king's badge of office.
- 權(quán)杖是國王地位的象征.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. A scepter is the attribute of power.
- 權(quán)杖是權(quán)力的標(biāo)志.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. The conqueror governed his new subjects with an iron scepter.
- 征服者以鐵腕統(tǒng)治其新臣民.
來自辭典例句