搜尋結果
tyrant
- IPA[ˈtīrənt]
美式
- a cruel and oppressive ruler;a person exercising power or control in a cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary way
noun: tyrant, plural noun: tyrants
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a cruel and oppressive ruler the tyrant was deposed by popular demonstrations 同義詞
- ▪ a person exercising power or control in a cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary way her father was a tyrant and a bully 同義詞
- ▪ (especially in ancient Greece) a ruler who seized power without legal right.
- 2. a tyrant flycatcher.