单词 | king |
释义 | king /kig; kiq/ n 1 male sovereign ruler (esp one whose position is hereditary) of an independent state: 菌王; 君主: the K~ of Denmark. 丹麦国王。 O queen. K~ 's/Queen's Bench, c /bench. K~ ' Queen's Counsel, ccounsel1 (3). turn K~ 's/ Queen's evidence, (of one who has shared in a crime) give evidence against accomplices (often in order to escape punishment). (指参与犯吨者) 提出对共犯不利的证据 (常是自己欲逃脱处罚而为之) 。 ~'s evil, scrofula, formerly thought to be curable by the touch of a ~. 摞撬 (昔时认为经君王触摸即可痊愈的一种疾病) → K~s, either of two books in the Old Testament, giving the history of the ~s of Israel and Judah. (旧约圣经之) 列王纪。 2 person of great influence: 极有势力之人: an 'oil ~. 石油大王。 3 principal piece in the game of chess, the illus at chess; (playing cards) court-card with a picture of a ~: (西洋棋中的) 王; 将 (参看 chess 之插图); (纸牌中的) 老 K: the ~ of spades. 黑桃老 K。 4 largest variety of a species; most prominent member of a group, category, etc: 某一种类中之最大者; 某一群、类等中之最显著者: the ~ of beasts, the lion; 兽中之王 (即狮子); the ~ of the forest, the oak; WW: the ~ of terrors, death; 死亡; ~ cobra/ crab/penguin. 一种大眼镜蛇 (无; 大企鹅) 。 5 (compounds) (复合字) , ~ cup n large variety of buttercup; marsh marigold. 毛农 (一种大金凤花); 立金花。 '~fisher n small brightly-coloured bird feeding on fish in rivers, etc. 鱼狗 (一种啄鱼为食,颜色鲜亮的小水鸟) 。→ the illus at bird. 参看 bird 之插图。 '~pin n vertical bolt used as a pivot; (fig) indispensable or essential person or thing. 用作轴的蝶钉; (喻) 不可缺少的人或物; 主要的人或物。 '~-size d adj (in advertising, etc) larger than normal; very large: (用于广吿等中) 特大号的; 特大的: ~- size cigarettes. 特长的香烟。 '~like,~ adj of, like, suitable for, a ~; majestic; regal. 似王的; 国王的; 适于王的; 严若君王的; 威严的。 ~ship /-Jip; -Jip/ n [U] state or office of a ~. 王位; 王权。 |
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