mogul

• n.有权势的人；显要人物

来自Mongol拼写变体，即蒙古人，于1520年征服印度建立莫卧儿王朝，引申词义大蒙古人，大亨。

mogul (n.1)

"powerful person," 1670s, from Great Mogul, Mongol emperor of India after the conquest of 1520s, from Persian and Arabic mughal, mughul, alteration of Mongol (q.v.), the Asiatic people.

mogul (n.2)

"elevation on a ski slope," 1961, probably [Barnhart] from Scandinavian (compare dialectal Norwegian mugje, fem. muga, "a heap, a mound"), or [OED] from southern German dialect mugel in the same sense.

1. The press mogul befriended the high and mighty in Britain.

这位报界大亨和英国的显贵达人们交情甚好。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The football captain was the mogul of the school.

那足球队长是该校的大人物.

来自辞典例句

3. I don't deny that your sister comes the mogul over us, now and then.

我并不否认,你姐姐老是象个暴君似的骑在我们头上.

来自辞典例句

4. Her father Tony Tanaka is a well - known cosmetic mogul in Japan.

原来他的父亲田中东尼,是日本 知名 的彩妆大亨.

来自互联网

5. The legs extend for the next mogul in an aligned position.

腿要以一种直线姿势(alignedposition?)的伸展开以迎接下一个包.

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