royal

royal
adjective
  1. having the status of a king or queen or a member of their family
    国王的;女王的;王室的;王族的
    contributors included members of the royal family.
    捐献者中有王室成员。
    ■belonging to or carried out or exercised by a king or queen
    (属于)国王的;(属于)女王的
    the royal palace.
    王宫。
    the coalition obtained royal approval for the appointment.
    联合政府内阁成员的任命得到了国王的批准。
    ■[attrib.]in the service or under the patronage of a king or queen
    服侍国王(或女王)的,为王室服务的;得到国王(或女王)恩赐的
    a royal maid.
    一个王室侍女。
    ■[attrib.]of a quality or size suitable for a king or queen; splendid
    适于国王(或女王)的;盛大的;高贵的;豪华的;庄严的;极好的;极大的
    a royal fortune.
    一大笔财富。
    ■[attrib.](Brit. informal)real; utter (used for emphasis)
    (英,非正式)[用于加重语气]真正的;完全的
    she's a right royal pain in the behind.
    她屁股真的很痛。
noun
  1. (informal)a member of the royal family
    (非正式)王室成员
  2. short for royal sail or royal mast
    royal sail 或 royal mast 的简称
  3. short for royal stag
    royal stag 的简称
  4. (全称 metric royal)[mass noun]a paper size, 636 × 480 mm
    王裁(一种纸张尺寸规格,636 × 480 mm)
    ■(全称 royal octavo)a book size, 234 × 156 mm
    八开本,八开纸(234 × 156 mm)
    ■(全称 royal quarto)a book size, 312 × 237 mm
    四开本(312 × 237 mm)
  5. (Bell-ringing)a system of change-ringing using ten bells
    (响铃)敲奉十口钟的变换响
常用词组
royal road to
  1. a way of attaining or reaching something without trouble
    捷径,快捷方式
    there is no royal road to teaching.
    教无捷径。
派生
royally
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French roial, from Latin regalis 'regal'
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