c. 1300, ceptre, from Old French sceptre (12c.), from Latin sceptrum "royal staff," from Greek skeptron "staff to lean on; royal scepter;" in transferred use, "royalty," from root of skeptein "to prop or stay, lean on." Apparently a cognate with Old English sceaft (see shaft (n.1)). The verb meaning "to furnish with a scepter" is from 1520s. Related: sceptred.
实用例句
1. A scepter is one of the attributes of a king.
权杖是帝王的象征之一.
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2. The crown and the scepter are the insigne of kings.
王冠与权杖是国王的标志.
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3. The scepter is the king's badge of office.
权杖是国王地位的象征.
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4. A scepter is the attribute of power.
权杖是权力的标志.
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5. The conqueror governed his new subjects with an iron scepter.
