/'rɔɪəltɪ; `rɔɪəltɪ/
n
1 [U] royal person or people 王室成员; 王族
*in the presence of royalty 在御前
* a shop patronized by royalty 王族成员光顾的商店.
2 [U] being a member of a royal family 王室成员的身分:the duties of royalty 王室成员的责任.
3 [C]
(a) sum paid to the owner of a copyright or patent, eg to an author for each copy of his book sold 版税; 专利权使用费.
(b) sum paid by a mining or oil company to the owner of the land being mined, etc （矿业或石油公司付给土地所有者的）矿区使用费
*oil royalties 石油开采地使用费.

npluralroyalties
[U]
members of a royal family
　At school the other children treated them like royalty .
[C usually plural]
a payment made to the writer of a book or piece of music depending on how many books etc are sold, or to someone whose idea, invention etc is used by someone else to make money
　the royalties from his latest book
　royalty payments