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Used of the thing that completes something, or that is its finest part — the moment or feature that sits at the top.
Used of用來形容 the thing that completes something完成某件事的那個東西, or that is its finest part或者是其中最精彩的部分 — the moment or feature that sits at the top也就是位於頂點的那個時刻或特點.
A crowning achievement is the greatest thing someone has done. A crowning glory is the part people remember and admire.
A crowning achievementcrowning achievement is是 the greatest thing someone has done指一個人做過最了不起的事. A crowning glorycrowning glory is是 the part people remember and admire指人們會記得並讚賞的部分.
The picture comes from putting a crown on a king or queen: the last, highest honour. English then stretched that picture to anything that finishes a story in the best way.
The picture畫面 comes from來自 putting a crown on a king or queen把王冠戴在國王或皇后頭上: the last, highest honour也就是最後、最高的榮耀. English then stretched that picture後來英語把這個畫面延伸 to anything that finishes a story in the best way用在任何以最好方式為一件事畫下句點的東西上.
You will meet it in fairly careful writing and speeches more than in playground talk. (There is also a medical use, when a baby's head is crowning in birth — that is a different meaning, not this one.)
You will meet it你會遇到它 in fairly careful writing and speeches在相當講究的寫作和演講裡 more than in playground talk比在小孩玩耍時的閒聊裡多. (There is also還有 a medical use一種醫學用法, when a baby's head is crowning in birth指生產時嬰兒的頭正在露出 — that is a different meaning那是不同的意思, not this one不是這裡講的這個.)
組成From crown + -ing.
同家族的字
- crownthe royal hat; this sense grew from the idea of the highest honour
原始詞典資料6 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。
crowningadj詞源 1/ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ/
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Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
- It seems that now [the Devil] was driving Alison hard. She had been remiss of late — fewer souls sent to hell, less zeal in quenching the Spirit, and, above all, the crowning offense that her bairn had communicated in Christ's kirk.
- Friday night’s crowning victory at The Hawthorns was the 25th in 30 league matches since Antonio Conte’s decisive re-gearing of his team in September, the tactical switches that have coaxed such a thrilling run from this team of bolt-ons and upcycled squad players, most notably Victor Moses, who was dredged out of the laundry bin in the autumn to become a key part of the title surge.
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Located on the top or summit.
crowningnoun詞源 2/ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ/
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A coronation.
- The crownings of the two successive monarchs were only a year apart.
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The act of one who crowns (in various senses).
- There were outflankings and crownings of hills by numbers of thirteen and seventeen men, that made one hold one's breath.
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medicineobstetricssciencesThe stage of vaginal childbirth when the infant's head remains consistently visible at the vulva.
- When your baby’s head remains visible without slipping back in, it is known as crowning.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。