- [countable]
a special chair used by a king or queen to sit on at ceremonies （国王、女王的）御座，宝座 He sat very upright in his chair, as if he were a king on his throne. 他端坐在椅子上，像个坐在宝座上的国王。
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；王权；帝位 Queen Elizabeth came/succeeded to the throne in 1952. 伊丽莎白女王于 1952 年即位／登基。 - on the throne
when Henry VIII was on the throne (= was king) 亨利八世在位时 Prince Charles is next in line to the British throne. 查尔斯王子是英国王位的下一任继承人。
Extra ExamplesThe marriage failed to produce an heir to the throne. 这桩婚姻未能产生王位继承人。 a claimant to the vacant Spanish throne 声称对空缺的西班牙王位拥有继承权者 Left-wing revolutionaries toppled the king from his throne. 左翼革命分子推翻了国王的统治。
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；幕后操纵者 The president’s wife was suspected of being the real power behind the throne. 总统夫人有充当幕后掌权者之嫌。