| |
|
| VERB |
| |
|
| /kraʊn/ |
|
| |
| |
| 1 | to make someone a king or queen during a ceremony in which a crown is put on their head 为…加冕；立…为君 |
| James III was crowned at Kelso Abbey. 詹姆斯三世在凯尔索教堂加冕。 |
| crown sb sth Haile Selassie was crowned emperor in 1930. 海尔·塞拉西于1930年被拥立为皇帝。 |
| | 1a | to give someone a crown for winning a competition 给（比赛获胜者）加冕 | | crown sb sth She was crowned Miss America almost twenty years ago. 她在差不多20年前就被加冕为“美国小姐”。 | |
| | 1b | to give someone a title for winning an important sports competition 授予…称号 | | crown sb sth They were crowned champions after a dramatic 6–5 final. 他们戏剧性地以6比5赢得决赛后被授予冠军称号。 | |
| |
| 2 | to add the last and greatest success to a series of achievements 圆满结束；使登峰造极 |
| Williams crowned his amazing pop career by taking three of last night’ s four major awards. 威廉姆斯摘取了昨晚4项大奖中的3项，使他的流行音乐事业达到了顶峰。 |
| |
| 3 | to cover the top of something 覆盖…的顶端 |
| Almost every hill is crowned with a pretty village. 几乎每座山上都有一个漂亮的村子。 |
| |
| 4 | to put a cover on a tooth that has broken or decayed badly 镶上（齿冠） |
| |
| 5 | informal old-fashioned to hit someone hard on the head 击打（某人）的头部 |
| PHRASE |
| - | to crown it all informal
|
| used for talking about the last and worst thing in a series of bad things that have happened |
| 最糟糕的是 |
| |
| |
|