monarch

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɒnək/    美 /ˈmɑnɚk/|/ˈmɑnɑɹk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The ruler of an absolute monarchy or the head of state of a constitutional monarchy.
    — Never was monarch better fear'd and lov'd / Than is your Majesty.
  2. A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and others of genus Danaus, found primarily in North America.
    — But I know the monarchs are close by, their orange-and-black wings folded, dusted, and baked by heat, ready to flee south.
  3. A police officer.
    — ‘Skippy gets off. An ya know the first thing e says to them monarch? E turns round on em an yelps, “An now ya can just gimme back that bottle.”’
  4. A stag which has sixteen or more points or tines on its antlers. capitalized,often
  5. The chief or best thing of its kind.
  6. Any bird of the family Monarchidae.

词形变化

monarchs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
absolute monarch African monarch Biak monarch constitutional monarch false monarch frilled monarch golden monarch monarch caterpillar monarchess monarch flycatcher Monarchian monarchic monarchical monarchism monarchist monarchistic monarchize monarchlike monarch of all one surveys monarchology unmonarch

词源

From Middle French monarque, from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”), equivalent to mono- + -arch.
* (butterfly): See monarch butterfly.
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