| 单词 | admiral |
| 释义 | admiral —admiralship, n. /ad"meuhr euhl/, n. 1. the commander in chief of a fleet. 2. a naval officer of the highest rank. 3. a naval officer of a high rank: the grades in the U.S. Navy are fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, and rear admiral. 4. Obs. the flagship of an admiral. 5. Brit. a master who directs a fishing fleet. 6. any of several often brightly colored butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, as Vanessa atalanta (red admiral). [1175-1225; ME, var. of amiral < OF < Ar amir al commander of the; -d- < ML admirabilis mundi for Ar amir al-mu'minin commander of the faithful; or with replacement of A-5 by AD-, as in ADMINISTER] |
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