mogul
['moɡl]
- n. 有權勢的人；顯要人物
暢通詞匯GRE低頻詞
詞態變化
復數:?moguls;
助記提示
“蒙古”，聯想成吉思汗時期的蒙古人。
中文詞源
mogul 莫臥兒人，大亨
來自Mongol拼寫變體，即蒙古人，于1520年征服印度建立莫臥兒王朝，引申詞義大蒙古人，大亨。
英文詞源
- mogul (n.1)
- "powerful person," 1670s, from Great Mogul, Mongol emperor of India after the conquest of 1520s, from Persian and Arabic mughal, mughul, alteration of Mongol (q.v.), the Asiatic people.
- mogul (n.2)
- "elevation on a ski slope," 1961, probably [Barnhart] from Scandinavian (compare dialectal Norwegian mugje, fem. muga, "a heap, a mound"), or [OED] from southern German dialect mugel in the same sense.
雙語例句
- 1. The press mogul befriended the high and mighty in Britain.
- 這位報界大亨和英國的顯貴達人們交情甚好。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The football captain was the mogul of the school.
- 那足球隊長是該校的大人物.
來自辭典例句
- 3. I don't deny that your sister comes the mogul over us, now and then.
- 我并不否認,你姐姐老是象個暴君似的騎在我們頭上.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Her father Tony Tanaka is a well - known cosmetic mogul in Japan.
- 原來他的父親田中東尼,是日本 知名 的彩妝大亨.
來自互聯網
- 5. The legs extend for the next mogul in an aligned position.
- 腿要以一種直線姿勢(alignedposition?)的伸展開以迎接下一個包.
來自互聯網