| 单词 | crown |
| 释义 | Word Frequency crown(kraʊn) noun 1. an ornamental headdress denoting sovereignty, usually made of gold embedded with precious stones 2. a wreath or garland for the head, awarded as a sign of victory, success, honour, etc 3. (sometimes capital) monarchy or kingship 4. an award, distinction, or title, given as an honour to reward merit, victory, etc 5. anything resembling or symbolizing a crown, such as a sergeant major's badge or a heraldic bearing 6. a. history a coin worth 25 pence (five shillings) b. any of several continental coins, such as the krona or krone, with a name meaning crown 7. the top or summit of something, esp of a rounded object crown of a hill crown of the head 8. the centre part of a road, esp when it is cambered 9. botany a. the leaves and upper branches of a tree b. the junction of root and stem, usually at the level of the ground c. another name for corona (sense 6) 10. zoology a. the cup and arms of a crinoid, as distinct from the stem b. the crest of a bird 11. the outstanding quality, achievement, state, etc the crown of the team's achievements 12. artificial crown 13. the part of a cut gem above the girdle 14. horology a knurled knob for winding a watch 15. the part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank 16. the highest part of an arch or vault 17. a standard size of printing paper, 15 by 20 inches verb (transitive) 18. to put a crown on the head of, symbolically vesting with royal title, powers, etc 19. to place a crown, wreath, garland, etc, on the head of 20. to place something on or over the head or top of he crowned the pie with cream 21. to confer a title, dignity, or reward upon the magazine crowned her 'Woman of the Year' 22. to form the summit or topmost part of the steeple crowned the tower 23. to cap or put the finishing touch to a series of events to crown it all it rained, too 24. draughts to promote (a draught) to a king by placing another draught on top of it, as after reaching the end ofthe board 25. to attach a crown to (a tooth) 26. slang to hit over the head Derived forms crownless (ˈcrownless) adjective Word origin C12: from Old French corone, from Latin corōna wreath, crown, from Greek korōnē crown, something curvedWord Frequency Crown(kraʊn) noun the Crown (sometimes not capital) 1. the sovereignty or realm of a monarch 2. a. the government of a constitutional monarchy b. (as modifier) Crown property |
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