英语词汇“kingdom”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	kingdom
释义	king·dom \ˈkiŋdəm\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cyningdōm, from cyning king + -dōm -dom — more at king 1. obsolete : kingship 2. : a major territorial unit subject to a monarchical form of government usually headed by a king or queen : the realm of a king < inclusion of additional provinces in the Italian kingdom > < when plantations were like small kingdoms — William Beebe > < travels through the kingdoms of Europe > — compare empire 1a, principality 3. : a politically organized community (as a nation or state) having a monarchical form of government usually headed by a king < the new Christian kingdoms found themselves at war with the Barbary — C.S.Forester > < decreed Spain a kingdom (without a king) — S.G.Rich > 4. often capitalized a. : the eternal kingship or sovereignty of God < Jesus, to whom the authority of the kingdom is delegated, heals sickness — R.H.Strachan > b. : the spiritual realm over which God reigns as king : heaven < all I now have is what my Father is keeping … for us in His kingdom — Voice of Prophecy News > c. : the fulfillment on earth of God's will especially in complete perfection < the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand — Mk 1:14 (Revised Standard Version) > d. : the invisible society of human beings in which God is held to be obeyed < members of the kingdom were to strive to be examples of the life which God deemed ideal for men — K.S.Latourette > 5. : a realm or region in which something is dominant < the rise of a kingdom of wheat in the Old Northwest — W.O.Lynch > < in the untroubled kingdom of reason — Bertrand Russell > < a cattle kingdom > 6. : one of the three primary divisions into which natural objects are commonly classified — see animal kingdom, mineral kingdom, plant kingdom 7. : an area or sphere in which one exercises authority like a king < his gambling kingdom — Dean Jennings > < busy … increasing the size and ornamentations of our personal kingdoms — Saturday Review > 8. : a hostel for men or for women that provides living quarters at low cost to members of a religious movement among Negroes in the United States known as Father Divine's Peace Mission Movement < with Father Divine … at a meeting in one of his kingdoms — M.L.Bach >
随便看	unquestioning unquestioningly unquestioningness unquickened unquiet unquietly unquietness unquivering unquote unquoted unrailed unraised unrake unraked unrallied unransacked unransomed unraptured unratable unrated unratified unravaged unravel unraveler unravelment

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