reign: [13] Reign goes back via Old French reignier to Latin rēgnāre ‘be king, rule’, a derivative of rēgnum ‘kingship’ (source of English interregnum [16]). This was closely related to rēx ‘king’ (source of English regal, royal, etc), and also to regere ‘rule’ (source of English rector, regent, etc). => interregnum, regent
reign (n.)
early 13c., "kingdom," from Old French reigne "kingdom, land, country" (Modern French règne), from Latin regnum "kingship, dominion, rule, realm," related to regere (see regal). Meaning "period of rule" first recorded mid-14c.
reign (v.)
"to hold or exercise sovereign power," late 13c., from Old French regner "rule, reign" (12c.), from Latin regnare "have royal power, be king, rule, reign," from regnum (see reign (n.)). Related: Reigned; reigning; regnal.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The commanders accused him of carrying out a reign of terror.
指揮官們譴責(zé)他實(shí)行恐怖統(tǒng)治。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. More and more nobles made Moscow their home during Catherine's reign.
在葉卡捷琳娜大帝統(tǒng)治時(shí)期，越來(lái)越多的貴族移居莫斯科。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Archaeologists have dated the fort to the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius.