unking

词形变化

unkinged unkinging unkings 三单 unkings unkinging 现在分词 unkinged 过去式 unkinged 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To remove (a king) from power.

    古体

    1754, Arthur Murphy, The Gray’s-Inn Journal, No. 66, 19 January, 1754, in Volume 2, London: P. Vaillant, 1756, p. 85, The jesting of his Fool wholly turns upon his unkinging himself and retaining nothing, which Lear minutely attends to,

  2. 2.

    To deprive (a king) of his royal qualities.

    古体

    1677, Charles Davenant, Circe, London: Richard Tonson, Act III, Scene 6, p. 31, My swelling rage, in privacy I’le shrowd, And not un-King my self before the Crowd.

  3. 3.

    To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.

    古体 比喻

词源

From un- + king.

来源:wiktionary