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单词 crown
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crown1/krown/ noun

a gold and jewel-encrusted headdress worn as a symbol of sovereignty

(the Crown)

the government under a constitutional monarchy

the sovereign as head of state, or sovereignty

a reward of victory or mark of honour; esp the title representing the championship in a sport

a wreath, band, or circular ornament for the head, esp worn as a symbol of victory

the topmost part of the skull or head

the summit of a slope, mountain, etc

the part of a hat or cap that covers the crown of the head

the part of a tooth visible outside the gum, or an artificial substitute or covering for it

the upper portion of a cut gem

the middle of the road where there is a camber on either side

the slight convex curve of a bowling green

the upper part of the foliage of a tree or shrub

the part of a flowering plant at which stem and root merge

the high point or culmination

the crown of human endeavour

a British coin worth 25 pence (formerly five shillings), now minted only for a commemorative purpose

any of various foreign monetary units, e.g.:

the Czech or Slovak koruna

the Swedish krona

the Danish or Norwegian krone

any of various paper or book sizes, e.g.:

(in full metric crown) the size 384×504mm

(in full crown octavo) the size 186×123mm

(in full crown quarto) the size 246×189mm

crowned adj
[Middle English coroune, crowne, via Old French corone from Latin corona wreath, crown, from Greek korōnē]

crown2verb trans

to place a crown on the head of (somebody), esp as a symbol of investiture

In 1650, Christina had herself crowned ‘king’ rather than ‘queen’

to recognize (somebody), usu officially, as the leader in a particular field, esp a sport

crowned champion three years running

literary to surmount (something)

the battlemented structure that crowned the hill

to put a draughtsman on top of (another draughtsman) to make a king

to bring (something) to a successful conclusion

Success finally crowned her efforts

to put an artificial crown on (a tooth)

informal to hit (somebody) on the head

A slate fell off the roof and crowned a passer-by

verb intrans

said of a baby's head: to appear in the vaginal opening fully, before emerging

to crown it all

as the final and worst of a series of misfortunes

[Middle English corounen, via Old French coroner from Latin coronare, from corona]
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