throne

名词 n. 动词 v.
/θɹəʊn/|[θɹəʊn]    /θɹoʊn/|[θɹoʊn]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
    — He approached the throne reverently.
  2. Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch. figuratively
    — Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years.
  3. The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
    — Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.
  4. A toilet. euphemistic
    — "If she has intestinal flu, you probably called while she was on the throne and she didn't want to admit it," Alan said dryly.
  5. A kind of stool used by drummers.
  6. A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
    — For by him were all things created that are in heauen, and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.
动词 v.
  1. To place on a royal seat; to enthrone. archaic,transitive
  2. To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt. archaic,transitive
    — True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light.
  3. To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne. archaic,intransitive

词形变化

thrones plural thrones present,singular,third-person throning participle,present throned participle,past throned past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).
词源 2
From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).
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