| 单词 | empress |
| 释义 | empress (once / 567 pages) n An empress is either a female emporer or the wife of an emporer. Either way, it's a powerful woman. There are a lot of words that have gender built into them, like fireman and waitress. Another is empress, which is a female emperor. An emperor is like a king: a person with absolute power over a country. An empress is therefore like a queen. Also, just as a queen is the wife of a king, an empress might be the wife of an emperor, meaning she's not the ruler of the country but just married to the ruler. WORD FAMILYempress: empresses USAGE EXAMPLESIn Week 1204 the Empress asked for some post-election “silver linings” for those who were less than euphoric over the election results. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) There were rumours that the Empress Alexandra and Protopopov were planning to dissolve parliament - the Duma - introduce a state of emergency and sue for peace. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) The Style Conversational The Empress’s weekly online column discusses each new contest and results. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) n a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor Exp|Hyper Catherine I empress 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) Queen Victoriaqueen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901) emperor the male ruler of an empire |
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