| 单词 | king |
| 释义 | kingWord family nounkingdomkinghoodkingletkinglihoodkinglinesskinglingKingskingshipkingbirdkingboltkingcraftkingcupkingfishkingfisherkingklipkingmakerkingpinkingpostkingwoodkingadjectivekingdomedkingdomlesskinglesskinglikekinglyking-size Cards king /kɪŋ/ ●●● W1 noun [countableC] 1 ruler 统治者 (also King)HIGH POSITION OR RANK a man who rules a country because he is from a royal family 国王 → queen king of Henry VIII, King of England 英格兰国王亨利八世 On 2 December Henry VI was crowned king (=made the king at an official ceremony). 12月2日，亨利六世加冕为王。 2 THE BEST 最佳者the king of something someone or something that people think is the most important or best of a particular type of person or thing 某物之王；某物中的极品 the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll 摇滚乐之王 the king of Swiss cheeses 瑞士奶酪中的极品 The lion is the king of the jungle. 狮子是丛林之王。 Examples from the Corpus the king of the jungle• Have you seen how the king of the jungle behaves when the missus brings back a nice bit of venison? 3 successful 成功的 if you live like a king, feel like a king etc, you are very successful, happy, rich etc 极佳的感觉 〔指极其成功、幸福、富有等〕 With her at my side, I felt like a king. 有她在我身边，我感到非常幸福。 4. chess 国际象棋DGO the most important piece in chess 王 →5 see picture at 见图 chess 5. cards 纸牌DGC a playing card with a picture of a king on it 〔纸牌中的〕老K，国王 6 IMPORTANT 重要的be king POPULARif something is king at a particular time, it has a big influence on people 极具影响 back in the days when jazz was king 在往昔爵士乐极为盛行的年代 Examples from the Corpus be king• The new king, I suppose, if you can be king without a land.• In the arts, too, contention is king.• In Ephyre, the city later called Corinth, Glaucus was King.• During the middle 1800s, cotton production was king in the South.• As at the weight-loss programs I attended in junior high, the scale was king here.• In 1995, it was stock -- not cash -- that was king.• He was born to be King and was looking for a princess.• If the flounder still exists it will be king. - foreign words and phrases scattered here and there! 7. a king’s ransom MONEYa very large amount of money 一笔巨款 n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1 : a man who rules a country because he is from a royal family verbs become king Prince Charles will become king when his mother, Queen Elizabeth, dies. be crowned king (=be made king) He was crowned king upon the death of his father. depose a king formal (=remove a king from power) The Spanish king was deposed in 1931. a king rules/reigns (=is in charge of a country) How could a Christian king rule if he was banned from the Church? a king abdicates (=gives up the position of being king) adjectivesIt shocked the nation when the king abdicated. the rightful king (=the person who should be king) The Duke of Gloucester claimed that he was the rightful king. the future king (=someone who will later be king) phrasesShe married the future king of France, Philip Augustus. allegiance/loyalty to a king (=being faithful to the king) They were fighting out of loyalty to their king. a king’s subjects (=the people he rules) The new laws were very unpopular with the king’s subjects. n THESAURUS king the male ruler of a country, who comes from a royal family George III was the king of England at that time. King Harald V of Norway queen a woman who rules a country because she is from a royal family, or the wife of a king She became queen when she was only 14 years old. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom monarch a king or queen The bishops were appointed by the monarch. monarchy a country that is ruled by a king or queen, or this type of political system Britain is a constitutional monarchy. Some people want the monarchy to be abolished. prince the son of a king, queen, or prince, or the male ruler of a small country or state Prince Rainier of Monaco The prince will inherit the throne when his father dies. ruler someone such as a king, who has official power over a country and its people the ruler of Babylonia General Musharraf was the former military ruler of Pakistan. emperor the ruler of an empire (=group of countries) the Habsburg emperors of the 19th century Emperor Hirohito sovereign formal a king or queen It was hoped that a meeting of the two sovereigns would ease tensions between the countries. regent someone who governs instead of a king or queen, because the king or queen is ill, absent, or still a child Edward II left his friend Gaveston as regent. the crown formal the position of king or queen Warwick was a loyal servant of the crown. Examples from the Corpus king• King Juan Carlos of Spain• a portrait of King George VI• the King of Morocco crowned king• The Prince would be crowned King in boxing's capital city.• The newly crowned King decided something had finally to be done about the drainage problems of Teske.• Within a few weeks they had put Pedro to flight and Henry was crowned king. The KingKing, Then nElvis presley; an informal name still used for the famous singer, especially by people who love his music From Longman Business Dictionary kingking /kɪŋ/ noun 1[uncountableU] if something is king, it is the most important thing and has a strong influence on people’s decisions We were convinced of the superiority of our product, but ultimatelythe customer is king and it was rejected. Mr Smith suggests thatcash is king and that readers should look to the health of a company’s cash flow. 2[countableC] someone who is very influential or successful in a particular areaSYN MOGUL Even the supermarket kings were nervous about the recession. Old English cyning |
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