royal

英 ['rɒɪəl] 美 ['rɔɪəl]
  • adj. 皇家的;盛大的;女王的;高贵的;第一流的
  • n. 王室;王室成员

助记提示


1. royal by marriage. be royal by blood.
2. loyal, royal: 一心一意是忠诚,穿得花枝招展(r)是贵族。
3. 花儿(r)是高贵的象征,所以有花儿是贵族,一心一意是忠诚。

中文词源


royal 国王的,王室的

来自拉丁语 regalis,国王的,王室的,来自 rex,国王,国君,词源同 regal,rule.

英文词源


royal
royal: [14] Royal and regal are ultimately the same word. Both go back to the Latin adjective rēgālis, a derivative of rēx ‘king’. But whereas regal was probably borrowed direct from Latin, royal was acquired via Old French, where rēgālis became roial.
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royal (adj.)
mid-13c., "fit for a king;" late 14c., "pertaining to a king," from Old French roial "royal, regal; splendid, magnificent" (12c., Modern French royal), from Latin regalis "of a king, kingly, royal, regal," from rex (genitive regis) "king" (see rex). Meaning "thorough, total" attested from 1940s; that of "splendid, first-rate" from 1853.

Battle royal (1670s) preserves the French custom of putting the adjective after the noun (as in attorney general); the sense of the adjective here is "on a grand scale" (compare pair-royal "three of a kind in cards or dice," c. 1600). The Royal Oak was a tree in Boscobel in Shropshire in which Charles II hid himself during flight after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Sprigs of oak were worn to commemorate his restoration in 1660.
royal (n.)
"royal person," c. 1400, from royal (adj.). Specifically "member of the royal family" from 1774.

双语例句


1. You can buy a formulation containing royal jelly, pollen and vitamin C.
可以买一种含蜂王浆、花粉和维生素C的配方产品。

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2. Banks spent his national service in the Royal Navy.
班克斯在皇家海军服过兵役。

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3. All the royal cars are fitted with electronic homing devices.
所有的皇家轿车都装有电子自导引装置。

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4. Her Royal Highness has definite views about most things.
女王陛下对大多数事情都有明确的观点。

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5. After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve.
诺曼征服之后,这片森林成为了皇家狩猎区。

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