来自德语Kaiser,来自古罗马执政官凯撒大帝Gaius Julius Caesar.后被德国和俄罗斯借用于皇帝称呼。比较其同源异体词czar,tsar.
英文词源
kaiser (n.)
"an emperor," Old English casere, fallen from use after Middle English, but revived 1858 in reference to the German emperors of Austria and, after 1870, Germany, from German Kaiser, from Bavarian and Austrian spelling of Middle High German keisar, from Old High German keisar "emperor," an early borrowing of Latin cognomen Caesar. The Germanic and Slavic peoples seem to have called all Roman emperors "caesar" (compare Old English casere, Old Norse keisari). Said to be the earliest Latin loan word in Germanic.
双语例句
1. AE Kaiser effect tests on oriented core at depth of 294 m were carried out.
对深度294m的定向岩心进行了声发射Kaiser效应试验.
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2. He became the head of the Kaiser Whilhem Institute of Theoretical Physics.
他成了威廉国王的物理理论研究所的所长.
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3. The French refused, and the Kaiser appealed to Roosevelt for support.
法国人拒绝, 德皇乃求助于罗斯福.
来自辞典例句
4. He was persuaded to become director of Theoretical Physics in the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute.
人们说服他担任凯撒-威廉学院理论物理学的学科主任.
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5. For my work in South Africa I was given by Lord Hardinge a Kaiser - i - Hind Gold Medal.