Crown

(noun.) the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head.

(noun.) an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty.

(noun.) a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory.

(noun.) the center of a cambered road.

(noun.) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth; 'tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown'.

(noun.) the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel.

(noun.) the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy; 'the colonies revolted against the Crown'.

(noun.) the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant.

(noun.) an English coin worth 5 shillings.

(verb.) be the culminating event; 'The speech crowned the meeting'.

(verb.) put an enamel cover on; 'crown my teeth'.

(verb.) invest with regal power; enthrone; 'The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey'.

(verb.) form the topmost part of; 'A weather vane crowns the building'.

艾德蒙编辑

• The royal crown of France is a circle ornamented with eight fleur-de-lis, from which rise as many quarter-circles closing under a double fleur-de-lis. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The four sat down, to breakfast, on the coffee, and some hot rolls and ham which the Dodger had brought home in the crown of his hat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Instead of it, a new supreme court of judicature was established, consisting of a chief justice and three judges, to be appointed by the crown. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The Crown Prince is always in opposition to the crown or hankering after it. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She admires a flower (pink camellia japonica, price half-a-crown), in my button-hole. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And another coming, I'll lay half-a-crown. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• An earthquake-proof steel palace for the Crown Prince of Japan is one of the modern applications of steel in architecture. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The exultation and joy of the Pickwickians knew no bounds, when their patience and assiduity, their washing and scraping, were crowned with success. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• India is still the empire of the Great Mogul, but the Great Mogul has been replaced by the crowned republic of Great Britain. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The wreath on her bonnet crowned her well. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• With the Hanoverian Dynasty England became--as the _Times_ recently styled her--a crowned republic. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Prince ceased to be a single and secretive Machiavellian schemer, and became merely the crowned symbol of a Machiavellian scheme. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In 781 he caused one of his sons, Pepin, who did not outlive him, to be crowned King of Italy in Rome. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Poland was not simply a crowned aristocratic republic like the British, it was a paralyzed crowned aristocratic republic. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• An six hundred crowns, said Isaac, the good Prior might well pay to your honoured valours, and never sit less soft in his stall. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• While failure is sometimes the outcome of the water-finder’s attempts, success as often and, indeed, according to the testimony of Professor Barrett, more often crowns his efforts. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They have been turning out half-crowns by the thousand. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I shook these two half-crowns out of him, says the constable, producing them to the company, in only putting my hand upon him! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Six hundred crowns, said the leader, gravely; I am contented--thou hast well spoken, Isaac--six hundred crowns. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Antony wore a crown in Egypt, and the Roman emperors also wore crowns of various forms, from the plain golden fillet to the radiated or rayed crown. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He sold the King a copy for seven hundred and fifty crowns, and private citizens copies at smaller prices. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• But the _Clermont_, in spite of all prophecies to the contrary, had traveled under her own steam from New York to Albany, and the trip was the crowning event in Fulton’s career as inventor. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• When the house has been swept and garnished, they dress up the exiled vices, and, crowning them with garlands, bring them back under new names. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• She took the congratulations of her rivals and of the rest of the company with the simplicity that was her crowning grace. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• This interregnum has lasted as long as that between the fall of the Western Empire and the crowning of Charlemagne in Rome. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• That's the crowning point of unreason in the business! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Margaret had resolved not to mention the crowning and closing affright to her father. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• It is the crowning glory of the place. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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