- 1n/θroʊn/ · /θrəʊn/throne (chair)王座／寶座
A large chair that a king or queen sits on at important ceremonies.
文法可數名詞：前面可以加 a/an，要表示複數時常常加 -s。
這個 throne 講的是實體的椅子——又大又華麗，只有國王或女王能坐。它不是普通的 chair，重點在「這張椅子代表誰有權力」，所以在故事和典禮場合出現得最多。
示範例句 · Example
The queen sat on a golden throne at the front of the great hall.
中文翻譯女王坐在大廳前方的一張金色的王座上。
常見搭配
sit on the throne
坐在王座上
to be seated in the royal chair
The young king sat on the throne for the first time that morning.
a golden / wooden / stone throne
金／木／石製的王座
a throne made of a particular material
The old carving shows a queen on a stone throne.
an empty throne
空著的王座
a throne with nobody sitting on it
The painting shows an empty throne and a silent room.
意思相近
seatchair of state
- 2n/θroʊn/ · /θrəʊn/the throne (royal power)王位
The position and power of being a king or queen, including the right to rule and to pass that right to the next person.
這個 throne 不是椅子，是「當國王／女王這個位子」。可以想成那張椅子被拿來代表整個身分和權力，所以英文說 come to the throne（登基）、on the throne（在位）、next in line to the throne（下一順位繼承人）時，講的都是地位，不是家具。
常見搭配
come to the throne
登基
to become king or queen
She came to the throne when she was twenty-five.
be on the throne
在位、統治中
to be ruling as king or queen
Who was on the throne during the war?
next in line to the throne
王位第一順位繼承人
the person who will become king or queen next
His son is now next in line to the throne.
the heir to the throne
王位繼承人
the person who has the right to rule next
The heir to the throne visited the new hospital.
abdicate the throne
退位
to give up being king or queen
He chose to abdicate the throne in 1936.
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
thronenoun/θɹəʊ̯n/
- 1
An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
- He approached the throne reverently.
- 9 After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could nūber, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, & tongues, ſtood before the throne, & before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands: 10 And cryed with a loude voice, ſaying, Saluation to our God, which ſitteth vpon the Throne, and vnto the Lambe. 11 And all the Angels ſtood round about the Throne, and about the Elders, and the foure beaſts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worſhipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Bleſſing, and glorie, and wiſedome, and thankeſgiuing, and honour, & power, and might be vnto our God for euer & euer, Amen.
- 2
Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
- Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years.
- The prince's newborn baby is fifth in line to the throne.
- 3
The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
- Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.
- 4
A toilet.
- "If she has intestinal flu, you probably called while she was on the throne and she didn't want to admit it," Alan said dryly.
- 5
entertainmentlifestylemusicA kind of stool used by drummers.
- 6
ChristianityA member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
- 16 For by him were all things created that are in heauen, and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.
throneverb/θɹəʊ̯n/
- 1
archaicTo place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
- 2
archaicTo place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
- True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light.
- 3
archaicTo be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
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