scepter
英 ['septə]
美 ['sɛptɚ]
- n. 节杖（象征君权）；王权
- vt. 授予…王权；拥登王位（等于sceptre）
1. 同源词：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).
scepter 节杖，权杖来自古法语 sceptre,来自拉丁语 sceptrum,王杖，权杖，来自希腊语 skeptron,王杖，权杖，棍 子，来自 skeptein,支撑，来自拉丁语 PIE*skep,砍，切，削，词源同 shaft,shape.
- 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.
- 1. A scepter is one of the attributes of a king.
- 权杖是帝王的象征之一.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The crown and the scepter are the insigne of kings.
- 王冠与权杖是国王的标志.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. The scepter is the king's badge of office.
- 权杖是国王地位的象征.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. A scepter is the attribute of power.
- 权杖是权力的标志.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. The conqueror governed his new subjects with an iron scepter.
- 征服者以铁腕统治其新臣民.
来自辞典例句
