imperial
adjective
uk/ɪmˈpɪə.ri.əl/us/ɪmˈpɪr.i.əl/imperialadjective(EMPIRE)
belongingorrelatingto anempireor thepersonorcountrythatrulesit:
帝国的;皇帝的ImperialChina中华帝国
Britain's imperial past英国的帝国史
the Imperialpalace皇宫
imperialgrandeur帝国的辉煌
- Theglitteringceremonyconjuredupimagesof Russia's imperial past.
- The imperialguardsstormedthepalace.
- Thebuildingis areminderof the country's imperial past.
- ManyByzantineworksofartwereproducedtoservethe imperialcourt.
- Theplayis set in imperial Rome.
Colonization & self-government
- acknowledgement of country
- annex
- annexation
- anti-colonial
- anti-colonialism
- colonize
- colony
- commonwealth
- condominium
- crown colony
- imperialist
- independence
- Independence Day
- intercolonial
- land acknowledgment
- recolonization
- recolonize
- secede
- secession
- the Raj
imperialadjective(MEASUREMENT)
The imperialsystemofmeasurementusesunitssuch asinches,miles, andpints:
英制的Imperialunitshave in manycasesbeenreplacedbymetriconesinBritain.在英国,很多情况下英制已经被公制取代。
Compare
metricadjectivemainlyUK
Measurements in general
- bathymetric
- bathymetry
- be running atsomethingidiom
- calibrate
- calibration
- distance
- drop
- elevation
- factor
- full-scale
- kilo
- knee-deep
- lengthways
- longways
- metric
- metrication
- milli-
- proportion
- scale
- setting