中文词源
tsar 沙皇
来自俄罗斯语 czar,来自拉丁语 Caesar,凯撒。俄罗斯语借用该拉丁语词用做皇帝称号。
英语词源
- tsar
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tsar: [16] Caesar was a Roman cognomen (English gets caesarian from it) and from the days of Augustus was used as part of the title of ‘emperor’. The Germanic peoples took it over in this sense (it is the source of German kaiser) and passed it on to prehistoric Slavic as *tsēsari. This has evolved into Serbo-Croat and Bulgarian tsar and Russian tsar’ – source of English tsar.
=> caesar - tsar (n.)
- 1660s, the more correct Latinization of Russian czar, from prehistoric Slavic *tsesar, from a Germanic source, ultimately from Latin Caesar. See czar. Related: Tsardom; tsarevich; tsarina; tsarevna.
权威例句
- 1. He was executed in 1887 for plotting to assassinate the tsar.
- 他因密谋暗杀沙皇在1887年被判处极刑.
- 2. He assumed full authority as tsar in 1689.
- 1689年他全面掌权做了沙皇.
- 3. The tsar protected his personal prerogatives.
- 沙皇维护了自己的私人特权.
- 4. A tsar was a living icon, invested with deep historical and religious significance.
- 沙皇曾是活着的圣像，具有深远的历史和宗教意义。
- 5. The Tsar visited his coIIection every morning.
- 沙皇每天早上都要看看他的收藏.