the ruler of an empire 皇帝 the Roman emperors 古罗马皇帝 the Emperor Napoleon 拿破仑皇帝
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyb2, People in societyb2It was under the emperor Justinian that these advances were made. 这些进步是在查士丁尼皇帝的统治下取得的。 during the reign of the last emperor 在末代皇帝的统治期间 It is the tomb of the first real emperor of China, Emperor Qin Shi Huang. 这是中国第一位真正的皇帝秦始皇的坟墓。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reigning
- future
- late
- …
- be
- become
- crown somebody
- …
- under an/the emperor
- emperor of
- the reign of an emperor
Word OriginMiddle English (especially representing the title given to the head of the Roman Empire): from Old French emperere, from Latin imperator ‘military commander’, from imperare ‘to command’, from in- ‘towards’ + parare ‘prepare, contrive’.
Idioms
the emperor's new clothes
(also the emperor has no clothes)
used to describe a situation in which everybody suddenly realizes that they were wrong to believe that somebody/something was very good, important, etc. 原来皇帝没有穿衣服；恍然大悟；如梦初醒