Czar

• n. （帝俄的）沙皇，皇帝；獨裁者

來自俄語，同Caesar.

czar (n.)

1550s, from Russian tsar, from Old Slavic tsesari, from Gothic kaisar, from Greek kaisar, from Latin Caesar. First adopted by Russian emperor Ivan IV, 1547.

The spelling with cz- is against the usage of all Slavonic languages; the word was so spelt by Herberstein, Rerum Moscovit. Commentarii, 1549, the chief early source of knowledge as to Russia in Western Europe, whence it passed into the Western Languages generally; in some of these it is now old-fashioned; the usual Ger. form is now zar; French adopted tsar during the 19th c. This also became frequent in English towards the end of that century, having been adopted by the Times newspaper as the most suitable English spelling. [OED]

The Germanic form of the word also is the source of Finnish keisari, Estonian keisar. The transferred sense of "person with dictatorial powers" is first recorded 1866, American English, initially in reference to President Andrew Johnson. The fem. czarina is 1717, from Italian czarina, from Ger. Zarin, fem. of Zar "czar." The Russian fem. form is tsaritsa. His son is tsarevitch, his daughter is tsarevna.

1. He promised to appoint an AIDS czar to deal with the disease.

他許諾任命一位艾滋病大使來應對這種疾病。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He had become czar through regicide.

他通過弑君登上了沙皇寶座。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The Czar government transported him to Siberia.

沙皇政府把他流放到西伯利亞.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The hateful faces of the Czar's officers flared up in her mind.

她的腦海裏閃現出一副副沙皇軍官的可憎的嘴臉.

來自辭典例句

5. Carol was sorry to hear that the Czar was coming back.

卡羅爾一聽說沙皇要卷土重來,心裏很難受.

來自辭典例句