kingdom

kingdom
noun
  1. a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen
    王国
    ■a realm associated with or regarded as being under the control of a particular person or thing
    (人或物所控制的)领域
    the kingdom of dreams.
    梦的王国。
  2. the spiritual reign or authority of God
    (神统治的)天国
    ■the rule of God or Christ in a future age
    (神或基督的)未来天国
    ■heaven as the abode of God and of the faithful after death
    (神的居所,信徒死后去的)天堂
  3. each of the three traditional divisions (animal, vegetable, and mineral) in which natural objects have conventionally been classified
    (自然中动、植、矿的传统分类)界
    ■(Biology)the highest category in taxonomic classification
    (生)(最高分类等级)界
常用词组
come into (或 to) one's kingdom
  1. achieve recognition or supremacy
    飞黄腾达
till (或 until) kingdom come
  1. (informal)forever
    (非正式)永远
to kingdom come
  1. (informal)into the next world
    (非正式)到来世
    the truck was blown to kingdom come.
    卡车被吹到未来世界去了。
语源
  1. Old English cyningdōm 'kingship' (see king, -dom)
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