Royal

['rɔɪəl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) stag with antlers of 12 or more branches.

(noun.) a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast.

(adj.) invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown; 'the royal (or crowned) heads of Europe' .

(adj.) being of the rank of a monarch; 'of royal ancestry'; 'princes of the blood royal' .

(adj.) of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch; 'the royal party'; 'the royal crest'; 'by royal decree'; 'a royal visit' .

(adj.) established or chartered or authorized by royalty; 'the Royal Society' .

卡莱尔編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state.

(a.) Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.

(a.) Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society.

(n.) Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n.

(n.) A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail.

(n.) One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag.

(n.) A small mortar.

(n.) One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now called the Royal Scots.

(n.) An old English coin. See Rial.

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同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Kingly, regal, imperial, monarchical, kinglike, princely.[2]. Noble, magnificent, illustrious, splendid, superb.[3]. August, majestic, grand.

校對:莫蒂默

同義詞及反義詞：

[See RIOT]

編輯:拉维恩

解釋/意思:

adj. regal kingly: magnificent: illustrious: magnanimous: enjoying the favour or patronage of the sovereign: of more than common size or excellence.—n. a large kind of paper (19 by 24 in. for writing-paper 20 by 25 for printing-paper): (obs.) a royal person a king: a gold coin: a sail immediately above the topgallant sail: one of the shoots of a stag's head: a small mortar: a tuft of beard on the lower lip an imperial.—n. Roy′alet a petty king.—v.t. Roy′alise (Shak.) to make royal.—ns. Roy′alism attachment to kings or to kingly government; Roy′alist an adherent of royalism: a cavalier during the English civil war: in American history an adherent of the British government: in French history a supporter of the Bourbons—also adj.—adv. Roy′ally.—n. Roy′al-mast the fourth and highest part of the mast from the deck commonly made in one piece with the topgallant mast.—adj. Roy′al-rich (Tenn.) rich as a king.—n. Roy′alty kingship: the character state or office of a king: majesty: the person of the king or sovereign: fixed sum paid to the Crown or other proprietor as on the produce of a mine &c.: kingdom: royal authority: a royal domain: (Scot.) the bounds of a royal burgh.—Royal bounty a fund from which the sovereign grants money to the female relatives of officers who die of wounds; Royal cashmere a thin material of pure wool; Royal fern (Osmunda regalis) the most striking of British ferns; Royal horned caterpillar a large bombycid moth of the United States; Royal household the body of persons in the service of the sovereign.—The Royals a name formerly given to the first regiment of foot in the British army.

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