king W1 / kɪŋ / 名词 [可数名词]

1 ruler a man who rules a country because he is from a royal family → queen

king of

Henry VIII, King of England

On 2 December Henry VI was crowned king (= made the king at an official ceremony ) .

2 the best the king of something someone or something that people think is the most important or best of a particular type of person or thing :

the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll

the king of Swiss cheeses

The lion is the king of the jungle .

3 successful if you live like a king, feel like a king etc, you are very successful, happy, rich etc :

With her at my side, I felt like a king.

4 chess the most important piece in chess

5 cards a playing card with a picture of a king on it

6 important be king if something is king at a particular time, it has a big influence on people :

back in the days when jazz was king

7 a king’s ransom a very large amount of money

COLLOCATIONS

动词

become king Prince Charles will become king when his mother, Queen Elizabeth, dies.

be crowned king (= be made king ) He was crowned king upon the death of his father.

depose a king formal (= remove a king from power ) The Spanish king was deposed in 1931.

a king rules/reigns (= is in charge of a country ) How could a Christian king rule if he was banned from the Church?

a king abdicates (= gives up the position of being king ) It shocked the nation when the king abdicated.

形容词

the rightful king (= the person who should be king ) The Duke of Gloucester claimed that he was the rightful king.

the future king (= someone who will later be king ) She married the future king of France, Philip Augustus.

短语

allegience/loyalty to a king (= being faithful to the king ) They were fighting out of loyalty to their king.

a king’s subjects (= the people he rules ) The new laws were very unpopular with the king’s subjects.

THESAURUS

king the male ruler of a country, who comes from a royal family : George III was the king of England at that time. | King Harald V of Norway

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

monarch 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.

prince the son of a king, queen, or prince, or the male ruler of a small country or state : Prince Rainier of Monaco | The prince will inherit the throne when his father dies.

ruler someone such as a king, who has official power over a country and its people : the ruler of Babylonia | General Musharraf was the former military ruler of Pakistan.

emperor the ruler of an empire (= group of countries ) : the Habsburg emperors of the 19th century | Emperor Hirohito

sovereign formal a king or queen : It was hoped that a meeting of the two sovereigns would ease tensions between the countries.

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.

the crown formal the position of king or queen : Warwick was a loyal servant of the crown.