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Consort has two different uses. As a noun, a consort is the husband or wife of a king or queen who rules — 'the queen consort' or 'prince consort' — someone married to the monarch but not a ruler themselves. As a verb, 'to consort with' someone means to spend time with them or be associated with them, and it's almost always used with a slightly tone, suggesting the company is not respectable — 'he was accused of consorting with criminals.'
(君主的)配偶;與⋯為伍、廝混(consort with,含貶義)
組成con- (together) + sort (from Latin 'sors', fate/lot). Originally 'sharing the same lot' as someone.
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Consortname
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A village in Alberta, Canada.
consortnoun/ˈkɒnsɔːt/
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The spouse of a monarch.
- Wise, just, moderate, admirably pure of life, the friend of science, of freedom, of peace and all peaceful arts, the Consort of the Queen passes from our troubled sphere to that serene one where justice and peace reign eternal.
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A husband, wife, companion or partner.
- In his death was lost to his consort an affectionate and beloved husband; […]
- In the deep and retired channels of Tierra del Fuego, the snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort, and standing close by each other on some distant rocky point, is a common feature in the landscape.
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An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
- Pygmalion loathing their laſcivious Life, / Abhorr’d all Womankind, but moſt a Wife: / So ſingle choſe to live, and ſhunn’d to wed, / Well pleas’d to want a Conſort of his Bed.
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A ship accompanying another.
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Association or partnership.
- That which gives diſtaſt to the Ear in it is a German by-word: and ſuch kind of things Lʳ. according to the humor of thoſe times, purſues with ſome fondneſs: take it ſingly, and it carries an air of levity, I confeſs; but, in conſort with the reſt, you ſee, has a meaning quite different from what this Author would inſinuate.
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A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
- On thother ſide in one conſort there ſate, / Cruell Reuenge, and rancorous Deſpight, / Diſloyall Treaſon, and hart-burning Hate, […]
- Lord, place me in thy consort.
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obsoleteHarmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
- Sith then, it ſeemeth each thing to his powre / Doth vs inuite to make a ſad conſort; / Come let vs ioyne our mournfull ſong with theirs.
- O may we ſoon again renew that Song, / And keep in tune with Heav’n, till God ere long / To his celeſtial conſort us unite, / To live with him, and ſing in endles morn of light.
consortadj
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of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted with regnant and dowager
- Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother took on nearly as many duties as queen dowager, after her husband's death, as she had had when she was queen consort during his reign.
consortverb/kənˈsɔːt/
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To associate or keep company (with).
- If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.
- Which of the Grecian Chiefs conſorts with Thee?
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To be in agreement.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。