admiral
/ˈædmərəl/noun
1
- a commander of a fleet or naval squadron舰队（或海军中队）司令。
1.1
Admiral
a naval officer of the second most senior rank, above vice admiral and below Admiral of the Fleet or Fleet Admiral海军上将。
1.2
- the commander-in-chief of a country's navy（一个国家的）海军总司令。
1.3
- short for VICE ADMIRAL or REAR ADMIRAL.
2
- with modifier a butterfly which has dark wings with bold red or white markings海军上将蛱蝶。
2.1
- Several species in the subfamily Nymphalinae, family Nymphalidae.蛱蝶科蛱蝶亚科中数种。见RED ADMIRAL, WHITE ADMIRAL.
派生词
admiralship
noun词源
Middle English (denoting an emir or Saracen commander)：from Old French amiral, admirail, via medieval Latin from Arabic 'amīr 'commander' （from 'amara 'to command'）. The ending -al was from Arabic -al- 'of the'， used in titles （e.g. 'amīr-al-'umarā 'ruler of rulers'）， later assimilated to the familiar Latinate suffix -AL.