| 单词 | titular |
| 释义 | titular (once / 6271 pages) adj You might say you’re the boss man in your household, but if everybody else in the family ignores you, 'boss man' is probably a titular position for you. In other words, it’s just a title. There’s no power behind it. We get titular from the Latin word titulus, meaning "title." Nowadays, it means that you hold an official title but don’t have any power or responsibility along with it. The Queen of England is a titular head of state. She doesn’t actually govern. A titular director doesn’t direct. Titular can also mean referencing the title. If you're playing the role of Dave in the play All About Dave, you're playing the titular role. WORD FAMILYtitular: titularly USAGE EXAMPLESOne night, when the titular corpse is delivered to the Tilden’s basement facility, the father and son must determine the cause of death. Salon(Dec 16, 2016) The matriarch of the titular Flowers family, she teaches music and balances on the edge of sanity. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) More often than not, the “few” in “Miss Sloane” is its titular character alone. Washington Times(Dec 04, 2016) 1adj existing in name only Syn nominal formal being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) 2adj of or bearing a title signifying status or function of titular rank 3adj of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility titular dignitaries 4adj of or relating to a legal title to something Syn titulary 5adj of or pertaining to the title of a work of art performed well in the titular (or title) role the titular theme of the book |
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