英汉词典

king 基本解释

• n. 国王；最有势力者；王棋
• vi. 统治；做国王
• vt. 立…为王
• adj. 主要的，最重要的，最大的
• n. (King)人名；(德、英、葡、捷、西)金；(中)金(普通话·威妥玛)；(泰)京；(东南亚国家华语)京

king 词态变化

king 中文词源

缩写自古英语cyning,国王，君主，统治者，来自Proto-Germanic*kuningaz,对应于kin,家族，种族，氏族，-ing,集合名词后缀。即一个家族或氏族的统领，后用于指国王，君主。引申词义关键的，重要的，大的等。比较其与emperor的区别。

king 英文词源

king

king: [OE] The prehistoric Germanic ancestor of king (as of German könig, Dutch koning, Swedish konung, and Danish konge) was *kuninggaz. This seems to have been a derivative of *kunjam ‘race, people’ (source of English kin). If it was, king means etymologically ‘descendant of the race, offspring of the people’.
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king (n.)

Old English cyning "king, ruler," from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (cognates: Dutch koning, Old Norse konungr, Danish konge, Old Saxon and Old High German kuning, Middle High German künic, German König). Possibly related to Old English cynn "family, race" (see kin), making a king originally a "leader of the people;" or from a related root suggesting "noble birth," making a king originally "one who descended from noble birth." The sociological and ideological implications render this a topic of much debate.

Finnish kuningas "king," Old Church Slavonic kunegu "prince" (Russian knyaz, Bohemian knez), Lithuanian kunigas "clergyman" are loans from Germanic.

As leon is the king of bestes. [John Gower, "Confessio Amantis," 1390]

In Old English, used for names of chiefs of Anglian and Saxon tribes or clans, then of the states they founded. Also extended to British and Danish chiefs they fought. The chess piece so called from early 15c.; the playing card from 1560s; use in checkers/draughts first recorded 1820. Applied in nature to species deemed remarkably big or dominant (such as king crab, 1690s). In marketing, king-size is from 1939, originally of cigarettes.

[I]t was [Eugene] Field who haunted the declining years of Creston Clarke with his review of that actor's Lear. ... Said he, "Mr. Clarke played the King all the evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace." ["Theatre Magazine," January 1922]

king 词组搭配

king 英文释义

1. a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

2. a competitor who holds a preeminent position

3. a very wealthy or powerful businessman;

"an oil baron"

4. preeminence in a particular category or group or field;

"the lion is the king of beasts"

5. a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward

6. one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king

7. (chess) the weakest but the most important piece

king 双语例句

1. The King made major concessions to end the confrontation with his people.

为了结束与其臣民的冲突，国王作出了很大的让步。

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2. The king's indulgence towards his sons angered the business community.

国王对儿子们的纵容令商界恼火。

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3. It is my destiny one day to be king.

我命中注定有一天要成为国王。

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4. The King has merely given the politicians enough rope to hang themselves.

国王只不过是给了这些政客自缚的绳子。

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5. The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848.

法国末代国王是1848年逊位的路易·菲力普。

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king 实用场景例句

the kings and queens of England

英格兰国王和王后

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to be crowned king

接受加冕为国王

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King George V

国王乔治五世

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the king of comedy

喜剧之王

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The lion is the king of the jungle.

狮子是丛林之王。

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a king penguin

王企鹅

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...the king and queen of Spain...

西班牙国王和王后

柯林斯高阶英语词典

In 1154, Henry II became King of England.

1154年，亨利二世成为英格兰国王。

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He's the king of unlicensed boxing...

他是黑市拳王。

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He was the king of the big love song.

他是流行情歌之王。

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...the king of diamonds.

方片K

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Executives lived like kings. The top thirty-one executives were paid a total of $14.2 million.

经理们活得像国王一样。职位最高的31名经理的薪金总额达到了1,420万美元。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

There was another purpose too, these shoulder straps would unfastened when the girl's laces were tightened.

还有别的意图,当女孩身上的系带被拉紧时, 肩带可能会被放松.

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The king was attended upon [ on ] by a number of servants.

国王有好多奴仆侍候.

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He had intrigued with his brother against the king.

他和他兄弟一起密谋反对国王.

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There is a portrait of King Charles on the wall.

墙上挂着查尔斯国王的画像.

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The king condescended to eat with the beggars.

那国王屈尊和乞丐们共餐.

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The king cannot exercise much political power.

国王不能行使很多政治权力.

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The king maintained order within the bounds of his realm.

国王在其王国的疆界之内维持着秩序.

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The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger.

国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险.

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The king condescended to take advice from his servants.

国王屈驾向仆人征求意见.

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The ambassador personally conveyed the president's message to the king.

大使将总统的口信亲自转达给国王.

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The king received the ambassador in state.

国王以隆重仪式接见大使.

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They that deny the power of the king shall die by the sword.

谁不服从国王,就将死于剑下.

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The fairy king and queen were contending over possession of the cat.

仙王和仙后争着要这只猫.

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The albatross is the king of gliders.

信天翁是滑翔鸟类之王.

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