| 单词 | emperor |
| 释义 | emperor (once / 76 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n Forget prime ministers, presidents or even kings or queens: an emperor was the biggest, baddest ruler of them all — the leader of undisputed power who controlled a nation or, more usually, a number of subjugated nations known collectively as an empire. Nowadays the emperor is no more, replaced by humbler and usually more democratic leaders, but the notion of an all-conquering larger-than-life figure lives on in the way we give the prefix emperor to particularly magnificent specimens of living things: the Emperor Butterfly, Emperor Moth and Emperor Penguin, most famously. The Roman emperors would be proud. WORD FAMILYemperor: emperors USAGE EXAMPLESThe nascent republic soon shattered and Yuan crowned himself emperor. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) “It’s very hard for us ever to get the satisfaction of MacArthur and the emperor meeting, and a war being officially over,” he said. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Nanki-Poo, the son of the Japanese emperor Mikado, disguises himself as a minstrel to avoid being married off to Katisha, an older woman. The New Yorker(Dec 27, 2016) 1 n the male ruler of an empire 2Exp|Hypo|Hyper Francis Joseph I emperor of Austria and king of Hungary; was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916) Genghis KhanMongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227) Ras Tafari Makonnenemperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975) Michinomiya Hirohitoemperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989) Justinian the GreatByzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians; codified Roman law in 529; his general Belisarius regained North Africa and Spain (483-565) Kublai KaanMongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China; he establish the Yuan dynasty and built a great capital on the site of modern Beijing where he received Marco Polo (1216-1294) Meiji Tennoemperor of Japan who encouraged the modernization of Japan (1852-1912) Montezuma IIthe last Aztec emperor in Mexico who was overthrown and killed by Hernando Cortes (1466-1520) Napoleon BonaparteFrench general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) Charles Louis Napoleon Bonapartenephew of Napoleon I and emperor of the French from 1852 to 1871 (1808-1873) Ch'in Shih Huang Tithe first Qin emperor who unified China, built much of the Great Wall, standardized weights and measures, and created a common currency and legal system (died 210 BC) Shah JahanMogul emperor of India during whose reign the finest monuments of Mogul architecture were built (including the Taj Mahal at Agra) (1592-1666) Marcus Aurelius AntoninusEmperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180) Antonius PiusEmperor of Rome; adoptive son of Hadrian (86-161) Gaius Julius Caesar OctavianusRoman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14) Gaius CaesarRoman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41) Catherine Iempress of Russia who succeeded her husband Peter the Great (1684-1727) Catherine the Greatempress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796) Charles the Greatking of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814) Charles the Baldas Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877) Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero GermanicusRoman Emperor after his nephew Caligula was murdered; consolidated the Roman Empire and conquered southern Britain; was poisoned by his fourth wife Agrippina after her son Nero was named as Claudius' heir (10 BC to AD 54) Flavius Valerius ConstantinusEmperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337) DeciusEmperor of Rome who was proclaimed emperor against his will; his reign was notable for his severe persecution of Christians (201-251) Gaius Aurelius Valerius DiocletianRoman Emperor who when faced with military problems decided in 286 to divide the Roman Empire between himself in the east and Maximian in the west; he initiated the last persecution of the Christians in 303 (245-313) Titus Flavius DomitianusEmperor of Rome; son of Vespasian who succeeded his brother Titus; instigated a reign of terror and was assassinated as a tyrant (51-96) Ferdinand IHoly Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia (1503-1564) Ferdinand IIHoly Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia and Hungary who waged war against Protestant forces (1578-1637) Ferdinand IIIHoly Roman Emperor and king of Hungary and Bohemia who signed the Peace of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War (1608-1657) Emperor Francis IIthe last Holy Roman Emperor (1768-1835) Frederick BarbarossaHoly Roman Emperor from 1152 to 1190; conceded supremacy to the pope; drowned leading the Third Crusade (1123-1190) Holy Roman Emperor Frederick IIthe Holy Roman Emperor who led the Sixth Crusade and crowned himself king of Jerusalem (1194-1250) Publius Aelius HadrianusRoman Emperor who was the adoptive son of Trajan; travelled throughout his empire to strengthen its frontiers and encourage learning and architecture; on a visit to Britain in 122 he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall (76-138) Henry IVKing of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1050-1106) Henry VIIKing of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (1275-1313) Flavius Claudius JulianusRoman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363) Marcus Aurelius Valerius MaximianusRoman Emperor from 286 until he abdicated in 305; when Diocletian divided the Roman Empire in 286 Maximian became emperor in the west (died in 311) Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus GermanicusRoman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68) Marcus Cocceius NervaEmperor of Rome who introduced a degree of freedom after the repressive reign of Domitian; adopted Trajan as his successor (30-98) Otto the GreatKing of the Germans and Holy Roman Emperor (912-973) Theodosius the Greatthe last emperor of a united Roman Empire, he took control of the eastern empire and ended the war with the Visigoths; he became a Christian and in 391 banned all forms of pagan worship (346-395) Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Augustusson-in-law of Augustus who became a suspicious tyrannical Emperor of Rome after a brilliant military career (42 BC to AD 37) Titus Vespasianus AugustusEmperor of Rome; son of Vespasian (39-81) Marcus Ulpius TraianusRoman Emperor and adoptive son of Nerva; extended the Roman Empire to the east and conducted an extensive program of building (53-117) Titus Flavius Sabinus VespasianusEmperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty who consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed the army and brought prosperity to the empire; began the construction of the Colosseum (9-79) Queen Victoriaqueen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901) Kaiser Wilhelmgrandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941) empress a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor Holy Roman Emperorsovereign of the Holy Roman Empire Kaiserthe title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918 mikado, tennothe emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno Emperor of Rome, Roman Emperorsovereign of the Roman Empire Romanoff, Romanova member of the imperial family that ruled Russia crowned head, monarch, sovereign a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right n large richly colored butterfly 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper emperor butterfly Apatura iris, purple emperor large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast n large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings 4Syn|Hyper Saturnia pavonia, emperor moth saturniid, saturniid moth large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons n red table grape of California Hyper vinifera grape grape from a cultivated variety of the common grape vine of Europe |
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