| 单词 | regicide |
| 释义 | regicide (once / 7212 pages) n Regicide is the killing of a king (or queen.) From the Latin regis, meaning "king" and the ancient French cide, meaning "killer." Today it can also be applied to politicians who topple a president or prime minister. People had been killing kings and queens (think Cleopatra) long before the term regicide really took off, which was after the execution of King Charles I in England in 1649. The guy had his head chopped off, but a far worse fate awaited those who had signed off in Parliament on the head-chopping. They were hung, drawn, and quartered — i.e., cut up and hanged while still alive. Dangerous profession, regicide. WORD FAMILYregicide: regicides USAGE EXAMPLESPut bluntly, Labour has always been rubbish at regicide. BBC(May 05, 2016) After the regicide, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth grow further apart until not even word of her death can move him. Los Angeles Times(Feb 28, 2016) It must be remembered that no demon proposes regicide as the way to realize the witches' prophecy. Los Angeles Times(Nov 28, 2015) 1n the act of killing a king Hyper execution, murder, slaying unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being 2n someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king Hyper killer, slayer someone who causes the death of a person or animal |
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