| 单词 | kingdom |
| 释义 | kingdom (once / 86 pages) 1n 2n 3n A kingdom is a territory or group of people ruled by the same monarch. You probably know the story of the prince who searched the kingdom to find the girl who left her glass slipper at the ball. A kingdom is a place — either literal or imagined — where someone or something reigns. A queen rules over her kingdom, which is land and the people who live on it, while a certain pop singer has a kingdom of young fans. In "the kingdom of the mind," creativity and imagination — not kings or queens — rule. In biology, a kingdom is a grouping of like organisms. For example, a dog is a member of the animal kingdom. WORD FAMILYkingdom: kingdoms, subkingdom+/king: kingdom, kinglike, kingly, kings, kingship/kingly: kinglily/kingship: kingships/subkingdom: subkingdoms USAGE EXAMPLESA year ago, a robot called HitchBOT traveled across Canada, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands before it was brought to the United States. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Internationally, the top story is “Brexit” — the decision by voters in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) A happy new year to one and all as the clock ticks relentlessly towards midnight here in the United Kingdom. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n the domain ruled by a king or queen Syn|Exp|Hyper realm Numidia an ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) in North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria demesne, domain, land territory over which rule or control is exercised 2n a country with a king as head of state Exp|Hyper Israel an ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Saul around 1025 BC and destroyed by the Assyrians in 721 BC United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelanda monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom country, land, state the territory occupied by a nation 3n a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state Hyper monarchy an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority 4n a domain in which something is dominant 2the untroubled kingdom of reason Syn|Hypo|Hyper land, realm lotus land, lotusland an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere a particular environment or walk of life n a basic group of natural objects 3Hypo|Hyper mineral kingdom all inorganic objects; contrasts with animal and plant kingdoms group, grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit n the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia Hypo|Hyper Animalia, animal kingdom, kingdom Animalia taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals Monera, Prokayotae, kingdom Monera, kingdom Prokaryotaeprokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions Protoctista, kingdom Protoctistain most modern classifications, replacement for the Protista; includes: Protozoa; Euglenophyta; Chlorophyta; Cryptophyta; Heterokontophyta; Rhodophyta; unicellular protists and their descendant multicellular organisms: regarded as distinct from plants and animals Plantae, kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom(botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants Fungi, fungus kingdom, kingdom Fungithe taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group animal or plant group having natural relations |
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