reign

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The exercise of sovereign power.
    — England prospered under Elizabeth I's reign.
  2. The period during which a monarch rules.
    — The reign of Victoria was a long one.
  3. The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.
    — And the Fox guileful, and most covetous; / That neither pleased was, to have the reign / Twixt them divided into even twain
动词 v.
  1. To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch. intransitive
    — He reigned in an autocratic manner.
  2. To reign over (a country) nonstandard,rare,transitive
    — The House of Piast reigned Poland from its foundation to 1385.
  3. To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
  4. To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.
    — Silence reigned.

词形变化

reigns plural raygne alternative reigns present,singular,third-person reigning participle,present reigned participle,past reigned past raygne alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
in the reign of Queen Dick reign of terror coreign outreign reigner reign supreme rereign

词源

词源 1
From Middle English regnen, from Old French reignier, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun rēgnum. Doublet of regnum. Displaced native Old English rīċe (“a reign”) and ricsian (“to reign”).
词源 2
From Middle English regnen, from Old French reignier, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun rēgnum. Doublet of regnum. Displaced native Old English rīċe (“a reign”) and ricsian (“to reign”).
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