crowning

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A coronation.
    — The crownings of the two successive monarchs were only a year apart.
  2. The act of one who crowns (in various senses).
    — There were outflankings and crownings of hills by numbers of thirteen and seventeen men, that made one hold one's breath.
  3. The stage of vaginal childbirth when the infant's head remains consistently visible at the vulva.
    — When your baby’s head remains visible without slipping back in, it is known as crowning.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of crown form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
    — It seems that now [the Devil] was driving Alison hard. She had been remiss of late — fewer souls sent to hell, less zeal in quenching the Spirit, and, above all, the crowning offense that her bairn had communicated in Christ's kirk.
  2. Located on the top or summit.

词形变化

more crowning comparative most crowning superlative crownings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
crowning achievement crowning glory

词源

词源 1
From Middle English crowninge, crounende, equivalent to crown + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English crouninge, crounynge, coroning, coronyng, equivalent to crown + -ing.
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