mogul
noun /ˈməʊɡl/
/ˈməʊɡl/
- a very rich, important and powerful person
synonym magnate大亨;有权势的人 - a movie mogul
电影大亨
- a movie mogul
- Mogul(also Moghul, Mughala member of the Muslim dynasty (= ruling family) that ruled much of India from the 16th to the 19th century/ˈmuːɡɑːl//ˈmuːɡɑːl/)
莫卧儿人(穆斯林的一支,16 至 19 世纪统治印度大部分地区) - a raised area of hard snow that you jump over when you are skiing. Moguls are either formed naturally by skiers turning, or artificially, for use in skiing competitions.
雪丘,雪墩,“猫跳”(滑雪坡道上需跳越的硬雪堆)
词源sense 1 late 17th cent.: figurative use of Mogul (see sense 2).