prince

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 prĭns

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A (male) ruler, a sovereign; a king, monarch. archaic,historical
    — Truely, to see our Princes all alone, sitting at their meat, beleagred round with so many talkers, whisperers, and gazing beholders, unknowne what they are or whence they come, I have often rather pittied than envied them.
  2. A female monarch. obsolete
    — Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
  3. Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person.
    — He is a prince among men.
  4. The (male) ruler or head of a principality.
    — He is the prince who never grew up – a one-time playboy and son of the Hollywood star Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco.
  5. A male member of a royal family other than the ruler; especially (in the United Kingdom) the son or grandson of the monarch.
  6. A non-royal high title of nobility, especially in France and the Holy Roman Empire.
    — Prince Louis de Broglie won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physics.
  7. A type of court card used in tarot cards, the equivalent of the jack.
  8. The mushroom Agaricus augustus.
  9. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Rohana.
动词 v.
  1. To behave or act like a prince. intransitive,often,rare
    — The Roofes of Palaces, and Nature prompts them / In ſimple and lowe things, to Prince it, much / Beyond the tricke of others.
  2. To transform (someone) into a prince. rare,transitive
    — All I could remember is the chorus, and something about pumpkins turning into princesses (???!) and frogs turning into princes. I figured she meant the frog was John before she princed him.

词形变化

princes plural princes present,singular,third-person princing participle,present princed participle,past princed past

词汇关系

上位词
ruler
衍生词
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相关词
princedom princely princeps princess principal principality principicide principle
并列词
duke emperor grand duke Highness king

词源

词源 1
From Middle English prince, from Anglo-Norman prince, from Latin prīnceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) + capiō (“seize, take”). Cognate with Old English fruma (“prince, ruler”). Doublet of princeps and principe.
Displaced native Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling; Middle English kinebarn, from Old English cynebearn; Middle English alder, from Old English ealdor; and Middle English drighten, from Old English dryhten.
词源 2
From Middle English prince, from Anglo-Norman prince, from Latin prīnceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) + capiō (“seize, take”). Cognate with Old English fruma (“prince, ruler”). Doublet of princeps and principe.
Displaced native Middle English atheling, from Old English æþeling; Middle English kinebarn, from Old English cynebearn; Middle English alder, from Old English ealdor; and Middle English drighten, from Old English dryhten.
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