| 单词 | king's english |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKing's English King's English n. [apparently after king's coin n.] (chiefly with the) the English language regarded as under the guardianship of the King of England; (hence) standard or correct English, usually taken as that written and spoken by educated people in Britain; cf. Queen's English n. at queen n. Compounds 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > standard King's English1553 king's languagea1566 Queen's English1592 received pronunciation?1710 Standard English1806 Southern English1860 World English1888 RP1889 Modified Standard English1913 Received Standard1913 B.B.C. English1928 Oldspeak1949 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique iii. f. 86 These fine Englishe clerkes, will saie thei speake in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them for counterfeityng the kynges English. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iv. 5 Abusing of Gods patience, and the Kings English . View more context for this quotation 1787 Eng. Rev. May 284 That fervent zeal which now displays itself among all ranks of persons,..to circulate the purity of the king's English among them. 1836 E. Howard Rattlin xxxv. 144 They..put the king's English to death so charmingly. 1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South i. i. 28 Smelly old fellows with baggy pants and a capacity for butchering the king's English. 2003 E. Stuart Entropy & Alchemy vi. 71 The British, custodians of the King's English and supposedly so careful and conscientious with words. < as lemmas |
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