sceptre

FREQ #38809

n. 节杖, 王权 vt. 拥登王位, 授与王权

发音

UK /ˈsɛptə/
其它
US /ˈsɛptɚ/

词形变化

sceptres 复数 sceptres sceptred sceptres 三单 sceptring sceptring 现在分词 sceptred 过去式 sceptred 过去分词

别名

scepter

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

    权杖

v.
  1. 1.

    To invest with royal power.

    比喻
  2. 2.

    To give a sceptre to.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

verge wand scepter

上位词 3

staff reign sovereignty

下位词 1

bauble

相关短语

meat sceptre was sceptre was-sceptre meat scepter

词源

From Middle English septre, sceptre, from Old French sceptre, from Latin scēptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”), from σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff”).

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