Mogul



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 显要人物, 权势之人
• ［英］ n. 显要人物, 权势之人 ( an influential or powerful person)
• ［类］ 反义词: nonentity ( 无足轻重者)
• ［记］ 来自Mogul ( 莫卧儿人, 蒙古人) , 因比较高大而引申为""显要人物""
• ［例］ a literary mogul ( 文坛巨擘)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Persian Mughul, from Mongolian mongγol Mongol
• Date: 1588
• 1. (also moghul) (or mughal) capitalized an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin; especially Great Mogul
• 2. a great personage ; magnate
• ? mogul also moghul or mughal adjective, often capitalized

II. noun

• Etymology: German dialect; akin to German dialect (Viennese) mugl small hill
• Date: 1959
• a bump in a ski run

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