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princeling

/prins-ling/US // ˈprɪns lɪŋ //UK // (ˈprɪnslɪŋ) //

小王子,小精灵,小孩,小公主

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a young prince.
    • : a subordinate, minor, or insignificantprince.

Examples

  • Once a pampered princeling, Yarvi cannot single-handedly succeed (literally or figuratively) and so must become a leader.

  • A born-to-the-political-manor princeling has thrown up a white flag—and the worst may be yet to come.

  • Mr. Xi is a princeling, while Mr. Hu is a technocrat, although Mr. Xi has been successful at bridging the divide.

  • But after he got to Oxford, the young princeling reportedly went off the rails.

  • An Oxford student magazine article said the Chinese princeling had a “strained relationship with books.”

  • He was a little German princeling, with a pretty moustache, and rounded hips.

  • There was very little semblance of order; a rajah preceded a princeling, and so on down.

  • This last-born princeling soon learned how to float on his back, with his round little head just showing above the kelp.

  • Your young count or princeling can live like a pig until matrimony crops up.

  • Think of what every fathead princeling and beer-swilling ritter from here to Basel would say!