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单词 royal
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royal
(rɔɪəl )
Word forms: royals
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B2
Royal is used to indicate that something is connected with a king, queen, or emperor, or their family. A royal person is a king, queen, or emperor, or a member of their family.
...an invitation to a royal garden party.
The Spanish royal couple were to attend a celebration of Shakespeare and Cervantes.
Synonyms: regal, kingly or queenly, princely, imperial  
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Royal is used in the names of institutions or organizations that are officially appointed or supported by a member of a royal family.
...the Royal Academy of Music.
...several pilots of the Royal Navy's 846 Squadron.
3. countable noun [usually plural]
Members of the royal family are sometimes referred to as royals. [informal]
The royals have always been patrons of charities pulling in large donations.
Quotations:
Royalty is the gold filling in a mouthful of decayJohn OsborneThey Call it Cricket
Collocations:
royal apartments
Journey through the royal apartments as the tragic tale unfolds.
Times, Sunday Times
By the time of the revolution, there were still only nine bathrooms, all in the private royal apartments.
Times, Sunday Times
Ornamented screens shade royal apartments.
Smithsonian
Pay the extra for an audioguide tour of the royal apartments, which only takes place in the mornings (14; alcazarsevilla.org).
Times, Sunday Times
In the royal apartments, you'll saunter through gilded hallways and salons covered in floor-to-ceiling tapestries, and pass underneath chandeliers so big, you'll be thankful you're not in charge of dusting.
Times, Sunday Times
royal approval
The policy, which reflected the king's emphasis on development in rural areas and won royal approval, eventually defeated the insurgency.
Times, Sunday Times
He failed to seek royal approval and the marriage was never recognised.
The Sun
The government said it was delaying royal approval for its own plan for a charter for press regulation, raising hopes that an agreement could be reached between press and politicians.
Times, Sunday Times
For there are plenty of other barely heralded summer street styles out there, just waiting for that stamp of royal approval.
Times, Sunday Times
Royal approval was not forthcoming.
Times, Sunday Times
royal circles
And, to the astonishment of many in royal circles, their relationship has survived against all the odds.
The Sun
Or, as it's known in royal circles, a portable throne.
Times, Sunday Times
In royal circles you're considered an exhibitionist if you wear opentoed sandals in public.
The Sun
Nobody in royal circles or the public seems to be mourning his absence from public life.
Times,Sunday Times
Life's not easy when you move in royal circles.
Times, Sunday Times
royal collection
They expanded the royal collection, commissioned new works from painters and craftsmen, and indulged their own artistic talents to produce watercolours, drawings and etchings.
Times, Sunday Times
His portrait, one of several paintings from the royal collection that make no appearance in the catalogue, presides over his books.
The Times Literary Supplement
He had previously called for the destruction of the royal collection of ivory.
Times, Sunday Times
It was at any rate by far the most valuable item in the royal collection, the total value of which was at least 112,700.
The Times Literary Supplement
Many of the books included in the exhibition entered the royal collection much later.
The Times Literary Supplement
royal command
It was not the royal command performance the nation had wanted.
Times, Sunday Times
When the announcer delivered the royal command, the scale of the rebuke became clear to a stunned nation.
Times, Sunday Times
When issued, it has the force of a royal command.
The Sun
Ignoring the royal command, the two counts went to war.
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That year he was invited to play in a royal command performance.
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royal occasion
When we celebrate a royal occasion, we are therefore celebrating ourselves and our nation.
Times, Sunday Times
That's why people from across the globe felt such a part of this wonderful royal occasion.
The Sun
Forget all the cheap commemorative tat, nothing makes for a better celebration of a special royal occasion than a homemade cake.
Times, Sunday Times
On the news pages of the same issue, you report the 500,000 secret payoff to a media executive who resigned after misreporting a royal occasion.
Times, Sunday Times
Criticism centred on the informal style of presentation which was perceived by some commentators to be too lowbrow for a royal occasion.
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royal seal
It was a very royal seal of approval of their close friendship.
The Sun
Of course, the high street now comes with the royal seal of approval.
The Sun
Thank goodness we now have a 'social justice warrior' duchess to set a royal seal on its demise.
Times, Sunday Times
A royal seal of approval could be used to resolve the stand-off over the future regulation of the press.
Times, Sunday Times
And with the royal seal of approval, it looks like she could well go all the way.
The Sun
royal status
But in truth, he thinks and behaves like a politician; he should therefore renounce his royal status, accept ordinary citizenship and become a politician.
Times, Sunday Times
This hasn't stopped them using their royal status and titles to benefit financially.
The Sun
It speaks of an age when the garden first became a royal status symbol.
Times, Sunday Times
They were accused of cashing in on their royal status after pocketing 500,000 from a glossy mag for their wedding pictures.
The Sun
And apparently his royal status gets in the way of his 'work'.
The Sun
royal succession
Our guesses differed, except that changes to the law on the royal succession, announced that week, would surely feature.
Times, Sunday Times
He said that the problem could be corrected if there were constitutional changes to the royal succession.
Times, Sunday Times
The new law states that the first six people in the royal succession have to seek the monarch's consent before marrying.
Times, Sunday Times
Since 1981 there have been 11 previous attempts to change the laws governing the royal succession, all of them failing through lack of government support.
Times, Sunday Times
It may have to do with preparations for the inevitable royal succession, and the wish to tidy up the loose ends of the prince's untidy private life.
Times, Sunday Times
royal suite
There are 17 suites, including a royal suite, a hammam and a tea house.
Times, Sunday Times
It's the only ship with a royal suite that has a grand piano on it.
The Sun
He has taken over the royal suite, where macaroons and incense perfume the air.
Times, Sunday Times
In 1577, repairs on the royal suite were completed.
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The central lobby and tower were later additions as were the extensive royal suite at the southern end of the building.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
royal title
He was a joy to work with, a normal guy in the street who just happened to have a royal title.
The Sun
On divorce, the duchess did not realise she had lost her royal title.
Times, Sunday Times
But without royal title she received on marriage would never have been in a position make that impact.
Times, Sunday Times
Give up the royal title (and all the perks that go with it), get a full-time job and pay for your own house renovations, like the rest of us.
The Sun
Someone with a natural nobility who was classless and who proved in the last year that she needed no royal title to continue to generate her particular brand of magic.
Times, Sunday Times
royal tomb
Darting between sites can be confusing, but finds include pyramids, a royal tomb and a brightly decorated cup for the king's hot chocolate.
Times, Sunday Times
It was excavated several decades ago, and has been identified as a royal tomb, with a central burial surrounded by subsidiary interments.
Times, Sunday Times
At the center of the open courtyard lies a deep dromos leading to the royal tomb.
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The tomb was identified as a royal tomb due to the amount of jade.
Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
The papyrus mentioned an attempt by robbers to plunder the royal tomb by digging a tunnel from another tomb belonging to a private individual.
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royal tradition
The crowds in the streets proved we hold our royal tradition dear.
The Sun
That ritzy royal tradition continues.
Times, Sunday Times
According to this royal tradition, they sent palanquins to their houses, after they presented the family with gifts and jewellery.
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In royal tradition, gifts would be given, such as a diamond or a pearl.
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But if it means breaking with long-standing royal traditions to avoid upsetting her, so be it.
The Sun
royal visit
It would have been better invested in the country's economy than a royal visit.
The Sun
She's definitely not excited about the royal visit.
Times, Sunday Times
The engagements are part of a hectic royal schedule on her 16th royal visit to the country.
Times, Sunday Times
Staff were told that they were getting an unofficial royal visit only shortly before the family's arrival with a group of friends.
Times, Sunday Times
Local businesses have been keen to capitalise on the royal visit.
Times, Sunday Times
royal visitor
This, clearly, was not a royal visitor who was going to stand on ceremony.
Times, Sunday Times
No royal visitor has been there before.
Times, Sunday Times
A royal visitor to a hydroelectric power station who actually wanted to discuss the turbines?
Times, Sunday Times
The normal procedure for greeting royal visitors involves a red carpet, an official welcoming committee and possibly a fanfare or two.
Times, Sunday Times
By the time the royal visitors arrived, there was no rhino to be seen.
Times, Sunday Times
royal watcher
Royal watchers feared a softer deal that would let the couple perform a hybrid role could cause chaos.
The Sun
But royal watchers thought it was an old injury which flared up in cold weather.
The Sun
Other royal watchers believe this year's framed photographs have been carefully chosen to represent the direct line of succession.
Times,Sunday Times
Royal watchers expect a surge in sales for the clothing in the snaps.
The Sun
Stuffier, or more fainthearted, royal watchers might have feared what the consequences of that might be.
Times, Sunday Times
royal wedding
A royal wedding is run according to a grand vizier's ledger of protocols and expectations.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It will be the first time gospel music features in a royal wedding.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
This royal wedding showed that deference for our top tribe has gone.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Poetry readings, film screenings and walking tours ushered in the launch with the pomp and fanfare of a royal wedding.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This year a handbag containing an invitation to the royal wedding was handed in.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
royal yacht
She lost the royal yacht, took many lesser royals off taxpayers' hands, and reduced palace staff.
Times, Sunday Times
First, to remedy the disgrace that our maritime nation did not see fit to replace the last royal yacht.
Times, Sunday Times
The news of proposals for a new royal yacht was interesting.
Times, Sunday Times
A royal yacht or a brigand's skiff are ideal ways to arrive.
Times, Sunday Times
Now an appeal has been launched to complete a replica of the forgotten royal yacht.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 皇家的, 王室成员
Japanese: 王室の, 王族
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