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throne

/throhn/US // θroʊn //UK // (θrəʊn) //

王位,王座,宝座,帝位

Related Words

toilet厕所,卫生间,马桶,厕厕power权力,功率,电源,动力dignity尊严rank级别,等级,排名,职级seat座位,座椅,座,座位数royalty王室成员,王权,王权主义,王室authority权力,权力机构,权力机关,大权在握chair椅子,主席,椅,椅子上sovereignty主权,主权主义,权力cathedra大法官,教长,教宗,教廷

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
    • : the office or dignity of a sovereign: He came to the throne by succession.
    • : the occupant of a throne; sovereign.
    • : sovereign power or authority: to address one's pleas to the throne.
    • : an episcopal office or authority: the diocesan throne.
    • : mourners' bench.
    • : thrones, an order of angels.Compare angel.
    • : Facetious. a toilet.
  1. 1

    throned, thron·ing.

    • : to sit on or as on a throne.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounchair of royalty
Synonyms
authority权力,权力机构,权力机关,大权在握cathedra大法官,教长,教宗,教廷chair椅子,主席,椅,椅子上dignity尊严power权力,功率,电源,动力rank级别,等级,排名,职级royalty王室成员,王权,王权主义,王室seat座位,座椅,座,座位数sovereignty主权,主权主义,权力toilet厕所,卫生间,马桶,厕厕

Examples

  • And, others said that they would see his body rise from the throne, start pacing the room, all while his head disappeared.

  • The image of him on that chair was Photoshopped into famous scenarios, real and fictional, including the throne from “Game of Thrones,” the cover of Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly” and the iconic photograph “Lunch atop a Skyscraper.”

  • Created by Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon and her sister Emily Lynne, this 10-episode audio comedy follows a queen and her minion as they try to save the throne after learning about a planned uprising.

  • Durant left the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Golden State Warriors in 2016, intent on chasing rings, knocking James off his throne and broadening his business portfolio.

  • I've never had much luck with "cheap" office chairs—a $350 mid-back office chair frequently turns into a throne of pain without sufficient extended breaks to get up and move around.

  • Then, as I sat here on this “throne,” this beautiful choir struck my ears and senses.

  • The wonderful reign of Queen Elizabeth has everyone worried about what will happen when her crank of a son takes the throne.

  • They will not be green birds flying beneath the great throne—arsh—of Allah until the Final Day.

  • So, when Juan Carlos was put on the throne by Franco, he was said to be stone broke.

  • The Tudors who succeeded Richard to the throne reinforced their own legitimacy by setting out systematically to trash him.

  • The Greek character will now become easy to decipher; and the evening papers may take King Otho both off the throne and on.

  • They went to the capital, forcibly removed the king from his throne, and banished him to the island of Kang-wa.

  • And I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to the house of his father.

  • When he ascended the throne, his friend presented him a turnip of extraordinary size.

  • Night, high on her spangled throne, watches the sun dip down behind the Libyan sands.

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