- [countable]
a special chair used by a king or queen to sit on at ceremonies （國王、女王的）禦座，寶座 He sat very upright in his chair, as if he were a king on his throne. 他端坐在椅子上，像個坐在寶座上的國王。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- vacant
- imperial
- …
- ascend
- assume
- come to
- …
- on the throne
- somebody’s accession to the throne
- a claimant to the throne
- a pretender to the throne
- …
- the throne[singular]
the position of being a king or queen 王位；王權；帝位 Queen Elizabeth came/succeeded to the throne in 1952. 伊麗莎白女王於 1952 年即位／登基。 - on the throne
when Henry VIII was on the throne (= was king) 亨利八世在位時 Prince Charles is next in line to the British throne. 查爾斯王子是英國王位的下一任繼承人。
Extra ExamplesThe marriage failed to produce an heir to the throne. 這樁婚姻未能産生王位繼承人。 a claimant to the vacant Spanish throne 聲稱對空缺的西班牙王位擁有繼承權者 Left-wing revolutionaries toppled the king from his throne. 左翼革命分子推翻了國王的統治。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- vacant
- imperial
- …
- ascend
- assume
- come to
- …
- on the throne
- somebody’s accession to the throne
- a claimant to the throne
- a pretender to the throne
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French trone, via Latin from Greek thronos ‘elevated seat’.
Idioms
the (real) power behind the throne
the person who really controls an organization, a country, etc. in contrast to the person who is legally in charge 太上皇；幕後操縱者 The president’s wife was suspected of being the real power behind the throne. 總統夫人有充當幕後掌權者之嫌。