柯林斯詞典protectorate /pr??t?kt?r?t/ (protectorates) 1. N-COUNT A protectorate is a country that is controlled and protected by a more powerful country. 受保護國 In 1914 the country became a British protectorate. 該國于1914年成為英國的保護國。 返回 protectorate劍橋詞典a country that is generally controlled and defended by a more powerful country 保護國 返回 protectorate