crown

英 [kraʊn] 美 [kraʊn]

• n. 王冠；王权；花冠；顶点；齿冠；克朗（丹麦、瑞典、捷克等国的货币单位）
• vt. 加冕；使 ... 成王；居 ... 之顶；镶齿冠；使圆满；<口>打…的头部

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]王冠,冕

   a special thing that a king or queen wears on his or her head at important times

2. [S]王权

   the governing power of a kingdom

v. (动词)

1. vt. 加冕

   put a crown on

2. vt. 顶上有

   be or have at the top of

3. vt. 使完成,使(圆满)结束

   cause to put an end or a happy finishing touch to

英英释义

Noun:

1. the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy;

   "the colonies revolted against the Crown"
   

2. the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel

3. a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory

4. an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty

5. the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head

6. an English coin worth 5 shillings

7. the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant

8. the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill);

   "the view from the peak was magnificent"
   "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"
   "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"
   

9. the award given to the champion

10. the top of the head

11. (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth;

    "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"
    

12. the center of a cambered road

Verb:

1. invest with regal power; enthrone;

   "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey"
   

2. be the culminating event;

   "The speech crowned the meeting"
   

3. form the topmost part of;

   "A weather vane crowns the building"
   

4. put an enamel cover on;

   "crown my teeth"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The crown was enchased with gold and silver.
   这顶王冠上镶嵌着金和银。
2. She refused the crown.
   她拒不接受王位。
3. I know she promised him a lilac crown.
   我知道,她曾允诺他一顶紫丁香的花冠。
4. He cracked his crown on a microphone during a performance.
   他在一次表演中在麦克风上把齿冠打破了。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. They wanted to crown Caesar king .
   他们想立凯撒为王。
2. Trees crowned the hill.
   树木覆盖着小山。
3. He opened a bottle of wine to crown the feast.
   他开了一瓶葡萄酒使宴会圆满结束。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. At the coronation, the archbishop put a crown on the Queen's head.
   在加冕典礼上,大主教把王冠戴在女王头上。
2. The Crown granted lands in America to certain men.
   国王把美洲的土地封给了一些人。
3. The Crown Prince seldom goes out for traveling.
   这个皇太子很少出游。
4. He won the heavyweight boxing crown in 1985.
   他获得了1985年重量级拳击比赛的冠军。
5. Poetry is the crown of literature.
   诗歌是文学的瑰宝。
6. Crowns and thrones may perish.
   王权不会永存。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They crowned the new king shortly after his father's death.
   其父去世后不久,他们就为新国王加了冕。
2. We saw the archbishop crown the Queen.
   我们看见大主教为女王加冕。
3. A palace crowns the hill.
   山顶上有一座宫殿。
4. Mist crowned the mountain.
   山顶为雾笼罩。
5. Beautiful fair hair crowns his wife's head.
   他妻子长有一头漂亮的金发。
6. The award of this prize crowned his career.
   他荣获此奖,表明他事业有成。
7. Success has crowned my years of effort.
   我经过数年努力终于获得成功。
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8. The King walked into the abbey to be crowned.
   国王走进大教堂去加冕。
9. The evening was crowned by her dazzling performance.
   她那令人炫目的表演把晚会的气氛推向高潮。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. +(as) n.

1. They wanted to crown Caesar as king.
   他们想立凯撒为王。
2. They crowned him athlete of the year.
   他们正式公认他为本年度最佳运动员。
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3. She was crowned queen.
   她加冕当上了女王。

经典引文

• The Kings go by with jewelled crowns.

  出自： J. Masefield

• When they had platted a crowne of thornes, they put it vpon his head.

  出自：Bible (AV): Matthew

• To crown Him Lord of All.

  出自： E. Perronet

• Thou..hast crowned him with glory and honour.

  出自：Bible (AV): Psalms

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

crown it all

更糟糕的是,更幸运的是 what the worse or more fortunate is

crown with (v.+prep.)

在…顶上,顶上有 be or have at the top

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• have a crown on the head 头戴王冠
• succeed to the crown 继承王位
• win the crown 获得王位〔桂冠〕

形容词+～

• bald crown 秃头
• imperial crown 帝王(王位)

名词+～

• heavyweight boxing crown 重量级拳击冠军称号
• laurel crown 桂冠

～+名词

• crown prince 王储,皇太子

介词+～

• between crowns 两国国王之间
• heir to the crown 王位的继承人

～+介词

• crown of a hill 山顶
• crown of flowers 花冠
• crown of sorrow 极度悲伤
• crown with 以…圆满地结束

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• crown sb emperor 让某人当皇帝
• crown sb king 为某人加冕,立某人为王

～+副词

• crown brilliantly 辉煌地完成
• crown fittingly 恰好完成
• crown glitteringly 圆满结束
• crown magnificently 辉煌地完成
• crown visibly 明显地完成

～+介词

• crown sb as 立某人为
• crown at Paris 在巴黎即位
• crown with laurel 荣获桂冠

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. crown的基本意思是“皇冠”,用于比喻可表示“冠军”。the Crown可指“国王”。crown还可指宝贵的东西。
2. crown还可作“王权”解,指国王、君主的权力。亦可作“顶,头”“山顶”“极致”“巅峰状态”解。

v. (动词)

1. crown用作名词时意思是“皇冠”,转化为动词意为“为…加冕”“立…为王”,口语中可表示“顶上有…”。引申则可表示“使…圆满结束”。
2. crown是及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语,也可接以as短语充当补足语的复合结构, as常常省略。
3. crown可用于被动结构。

词源解说

• ☆ 12世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的corone，意为花环，王冠。

近反义词

【近义词】

• royal dominion

【反义词】

• base
• bottom
• foot