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regicide

/ˈredʒ.ɪ.saɪd/

翻译: 名词,指杀害国王或君主的行为,也指实施这种行为的人。

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noun

/ˈredʒ.ɪ.saɪd/C2formal
  • zh名词,指杀害国王或君主的行为,也指实施这种行为的人。

A noun referring to the act of killing a king, or a person who commits such an act.

  1. The act of killing a kingC2formal

    The deliberate act of murdering a monarch, especially a king.

    zh弑君

    • The assassination of Charles I was an act of regicide that shocked Europe.
    • Regicide was considered the most heinous crime against the state.
    • The history books detail the regicide that ended the dynasty.

    反义词coronationenthronement

  2. A person who kills a kingC2formal

    An individual who commits the murder of a king or monarch.

    zh弑君者

    • The regicide was captured and executed for his crime.
    • Oliver Cromwell was posthumously tried as a regicide.
    • The court sentenced the regicide to death by hanging.
词形
  • regicides plural form
  • regicides' possessive plural form
  • regicide's possessive singular form