crowned
past simple and past participle ofcrown
| 单词 | crowned |
| 释义 | crowned past simple and past participle ofcrown crown verb[T] uk/kraʊn/us/kraʊn/crownverb[T](HEAD COVERING)to put a crown on someone'sheadin anofficialceremonythat makes thatpersonkingorqueen: Queen Elizabeth II was crowned (queen)(= madequeenin aspecialceremony)in 1953. See also coronation If aneventorachievementcrowns something, it is thebestor mostsuccessfulpartof it: anactingcareercrowned by herfinalOscar-winningperformance Ceremonies
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Surpassing in quality or number crownverb[T](TOP PART)formal If something crowns somethingelse, it is on or around thetopof it: Thechurchwas crowned withgoldendomes. slang tohitsomeone on thehead Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Hitting and beating crownverb[T](TOOTH)tofita crown(=toothcovering): She's had her twofrontteethcrowned. Dentistry
Idiomto crown it all Examplesofcrownedcrowned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Even when she wascrownedseparately from her husband, the arrangement of ceremonies closely echoed those of the four days of a king's coronation. From theCambridge English Corpus Some of the earlier families had evencrownedtheir career with a title of nobility. From theCambridge English Corpus While his achievements werecrownedwith many honours, they rode lightly on his shoulders. From theCambridge English Corpus A wall of glazing iscrownedby a roof of twisted strips, converging at the apex. From theCambridge English Corpus In some cases, anticlericals painted churches red, heaped religious images on the bonfire and performed liturgical burlesques in which bulls werecrownedbishop. From theCambridge English Corpus Seeds passed by gorillas had the highest germination rate (62%) and those passed by thecrownedguenon had the lowest (38%). From theCambridge English Corpus This event takes the form of a triangular depolarization that iscrownedwith a highfrequency burst of action potentials. From theCambridge English Corpus Here we struggle, that elsewhere we may becrowned. From theCambridge English Corpus The narrative is thencrownedby statements that define who she has become and is still becoming. From theCambridge English Corpus The whole iscrownedwith a striking roof canopy standing on slender mullions. From theCambridge English Corpus The consequences ofcrownedeagle centralplace foraging on predation risk in monkeys. From theCambridge English Corpus Alternatively, at least some concluding attempt at formulating tentative hypotheses about the key emergenceof-parties issue could havecrownedthe study. From theCambridge English Corpus This eminence also wascrownedby two cromlechs, but both are now in ruins. From theCambridge English Corpus Thecrownedguenon occurred at the highest densities, whereas chimpanzees had the lowest densities. From theCambridge English Corpus We shape societies and fashion their futures; it is, alas, only in retrospect that we will learn whether our efforts arecrownedwith success. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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