【kingdom音标】 英[ˈkɪŋdəm] 美[ˈkɪŋdəm]
【单词释义】 kingdom是什么意思：
n.王国；界；领域
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] kingdoms
【kingdom形近词/近似词】
freedom n.自由
seldom adv.很少，不常
wisdom n.智慧，明智
random adj.任意的；随机的
boredom n. [U] 厌烦；无聊；厌倦
【近义词解析】
◇ 国家
country (n. 国家)：最普通用词，侧重指国土、疆域。
nation (n. 国家)：强调其民族、社会及经济结构。
kingdom (n. 王国)：指由国王或女王统治的国家，或君主立宪的国家。
state (n. 国家，政府)：侧重指被视为政治组织的国家，英国英语中尤指政府。
【单词例句】
◇ One day the king said to his wife, "If our thirteenth child, which you are soon going to bring into the world, is a girl, then the twelve others shall die, so that her wealth may be great, and so that she alone may inherit the kingdom."
一天，国王对王后说：“你快要生第十三个孩子了。要是这个孩子是个女孩，我就下令杀掉那十二个男孩，好让她得到更多的财产，并且让她继承王位。”
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ The young prince told her that when they were married, he would take her to his own kingdom.
年轻的王子对她说他们结婚后，要带她回去他自己的王国。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ There were thirteen of them in his kingdom, but because he had only twelve golden plates from which they were to eat, one of them had to remain at home.
他的王国里一共有十三个女巫师，而他只有十二个金盘子来招待她们进餐，所以他只邀请了十二个女巫师，留下一个没有邀请。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ After the wedding, my cousin and his wife went to the United Kingdom for nationwide sightseeing.
我的表弟和他妻子在举办了婚礼后到英国做全国旅游观光去了。
---- Sightseeing in the United Kingdom
◇ The name Holland only refers to two of the country's 12 provinces, North-Holland, where Amsterdam is located, and South-Holland, the home of Rotterdam and The Hague. However, the nickname is often used to describe the entire country, officially called the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
“荷兰”这个名字仅指该国12个省中的两个省，即阿姆斯特丹所在的“北荷兰省”，以及鹿特丹和海牙所在的“南荷兰省”。 然而，这一名称却经常被用来代指整个国家。荷兰的官方全称为尼德兰王国。
---- Netherlands doesn't want you to call it Holland anymore
◇ "Now," said the king, "whoever has the best wife will inherit the kingdom Here begin the tests" He gave them each some hemp to be spun and returned within three days, to see which betrothed was the best spinner.
国王说：“这样吧，谁的妻子最优秀，谁就能继承王位。现在我们就试试她们。”他给每个儿子分了一些麻，让他们的未婚妻在三天内纺出来，比比谁纺得更好。