释义 |
scepterscep‧ter /ˈseptə $ -ər/ noun [countable] scepterOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French ceptre, from Latin sceptrum, from Greek skeptron ‘long stick, scepter’ - And she touched the top of my head with the scepter and Was gone.
- But why carry a baton for sentiment when it should be a scepter?
- There was a time when we waved our scepters and calmed the storms.
the American spelling of sceptre |