cruel and oppressive ruler 暴君;专制君主 the tyrant was deposed by popular demonstrations. 因民众示威而被废黜的暴君。 ■a person exercising power or control in a cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary way 暴君似人物;专横的人,残暴的人 her father was a tyrant and a bully. 他父亲专横霸道。 ■(especially in ancient Greece) a ruler who seized absolute power without legal right (尤指古希腊)僭主,僭王
a tyrant flycatcher 霸鹟
语源
Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek turannos