| 词组 | king |
| 释义 | king /kɪŋ/ noun a man who is the royal ruler of a countryverbsbecome king He will become king when the Queen dies.crown sb king (=officially give someone the position of king) George was crowned king following the death of his father.depose/overthrow a king formal (=remove a king from power) The Spanish king was deposed in 1931.a king rules/reigns He was the king who reigned during the Second World War.a king abdicates (=gives up the position of being king) It shocked the nation when King Edward VIII abdicated.adjectivesthe future king She married the future king of France, Philip Augustus.the rightful king (=the person who should be king) The Duke of Gloucester claimed that he was the rightful king.phrasesa king’s subjects (=the people he rules) The new laws were very unpopular with the king’s subjects.allegiance/loyalty to a king (=faithfully supporting the king) They were fighting out of loyalty to their king.THESAURUS: king 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 prince the son of a king, queen, or prince, or the male ruler of a small country or state: She married Prince Rainier of Monaco. | The prince will inherit the throne when his father dies (=he will become king). emperor the ruler of an empire (=group of countries): Napoleon became emperor of France. | the Habsburg emperors of the 19th century ruler someone such as a king, who has official power over a country and its people: General Musharraf was the former military ruler of Pakistan. | The country finally got rid of its colonial rulers. monarch formal 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 (=officially ended by law). sovereign formal a king or queen: It was hoped that a meeting of the two sovereigns would ease tensions between the countries. the crown formal the position of king or queen: Warwick was a loyal servant of the crown. | The land belongs to the crown. 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. |
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