“unking”在英语中的释义

verb

1. (archaic) To remove (a king) from power.

   • 1754, Arthur Murphy, The Gray’s-Inn Journal, No. 66, 19 January, 1754, in Volume 2, London: P. Vaillant, 1756, p. 85, The jesting of his Fool wholly turns upon his unkinging himself and retaining nothing, which Lear minutely attends to,

2. (archaic) To deprive (a king) of his royal qualities.

   • 1677, Charles Davenant, Circe, London: Richard Tonson, Act III, Scene 6, p. 31, My swelling rage, in privacy I’le shrowd, And not un-King my self before the Crowd.

3. (archaic, figuratively) To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.