查询词典 sceptered

This precious stone set in the silver sea, this sceptered isle

含义： 这一个镶嵌在银色的海水之中的宝石，这一个统于一尊的岛屿

Many Irish Americans understandably don't feel this way, of course, and Hispanics and other minorities may regard the sceptered isle with vast difference.

许多爱尔兰裔的美国人不这麼想，这点可以理解，而西班牙裔的美国人及其他少数民族对於英伦岛的看法可能会大相迳庭。

But mercy is above this sceptered sway

它深藏在帝王的内心

I will root out those who live in Ashdod, and the sceptered ruler of Ashkelon; I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the last of the Philistines shall perish, says the Lord God.

我必消灭阿市多得的居民和阿市刻隆的掌权者，伸手打击厄刻龙，培肋舍特的残余必要灭亡──吾主上主说。

4 I will break the bar of Damascus; I will root out those who live in the Valley of Aven, And the sceptered ruler of Beth-eden; the people of Aram shall be exiled to Kir, says the LORD.

我必打断大马士革的门闩，消灭彼卡特阿文的居民和贝特厄登的掌权者；阿兰人民必被掳往克尔──上主说。

Synecdoche is when one uses a part to represent the whole. Example: lend me your ears. Metonymy is substituting a word for another word closely associated with it. Example:bowing to the sceptered isle.

Great Britain metaphor－－暗喻 Metaphor：以此物隐喻彼物，将某一事物以另一个与其相似的事物来表达，是一种含蓄的比喻，暗示有比较，但又不充分说出这种比较。

Cable dampener cannot be rolled up but must be hung over the cable.

缆帆不能被卷起，必须保证处于展开状态

"This skylark is a present from my master," he says.

"这只云雀是我主人献上的礼物。"他说。