tetrarch

n. 四分之一地区的长官, 小君主 [医] 四原型

发音

US /ˈtɛtɹɑɹk/
UK /ˈtɛtɹɑːk/

词形变化

tetrarchs 复数 tetrarchs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A governor or ruler of a quarter of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in or client state of Ancient Rome.

  2. 2.

    Each of the four members of a jointly ruling tetrarchy, notably of the Roman Empire since Diocletian.

  3. 3.

    An officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in Ancient Greece.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Having four vascular strands in a fibrovascular cylinder or stele.

    生物 植物学

词源

Borrowed from Latin tetrarchēs, from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).

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