King

(noun.) (chess) the weakest but the most important piece.

(noun.) one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king.

(noun.) a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward.

(noun.) a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom.

(noun.) a competitor who holds a preeminent position.

(noun.) United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968).

(noun.) United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925).

(noun.) United States woman tennis player (born in 1943).

(noun.) preeminence in a particular category or group or field; 'the lion is the king of beasts'.

艾伦录入

• King George III, who had begun his reign in 1760, was resolved to be much more of a king than his two German predecessors. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Still, a person may hesitate about the probability of the son of a king being a philosopher. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Every king and princelet in Europe was building his own Versailles as much beyond his means as his subjects and credits would permit. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The next Pope elected, Clement V, was a Frenchman, the choice of King Philip of France. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The king's method of suppressing insurrections. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The King sprang from his seat with a gesture of anger. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• But if so, the tyrant will live most unpleasantly, and the king most pleasantly? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Is this Justinian a king, that you talk about his subjects? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Its founder was Clovis (481-511), who began as a small king in Belgium and ended with his southern frontiers nearly at the Pyrenees. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The merry King, nothing heeding his dignity any more than his company, laughed, quaffed, and jested among the jolly band. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• If you will only tell me what sort of girl Miss King is, I shall know what to think. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• It would seem that the manuscript is here imperfect, for we do not find the reasons which finally induce the curtal Friar to amend the King's cheer. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The empire of the Great King enters upon a period of decay. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But the government of King William was not then fully settled. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• My good friend, said the King, you have now been five and forty years in the service of my mother and myself; we have allowed you to retain your religion in the midst of fire and slaughter. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Your god rules at the bridal of kings; look at your royal dynasties! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He went on to Persepolis, where, as the climax of a drunken carouse, he burnt down the great palace of the king of kings. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Neither must we sing to them of 'Gifts persuading gods, and persuading reverend kings. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• They did not want to be bothered with it; it was, they conceded, the affairs of kings and princes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Return, said Mara, and be a king, and I will make you the greatest of kings. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The French kings of the Merovingian race had all treasures. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• When I used to read that in Sunday School, it suggested to me the several kings of such countries as England, France, Spain, Germany, Russia, etc. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The Kings are off to the seashore tomorrow, and I'm free. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• As the barbarian races settled and became Christian, the Pope began to claim an overlordship of their kings. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings, Lords of the earth! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Useful clocks of wondrous make were described in the annals of the middle ages, especially in Germany, made by monks and others for Kings, monasteries and churches. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• But the old faith of the kings, owners, and rulers of the opening twentieth century had faded under the actinic light of scientific criticism. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• We have shown the necessary relationship of these early civilizations to the early temples and to king-gods and god-kings. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Confusedly in response to that demand, bold men, wise men, shrewd and cunning men were arising to become magicians, priests, chiefs, and kings. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The art of war was the trade of kings and princes, and princely was the reward to the subject who was the first to invent the most destructive weapon. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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