royal: [14] Royal and regal are ultimately the same word. Both go back to the Latin adjective rēgālis, a derivative of rēx ‘king’. But whereas regal was probably borrowed direct from Latin, royal was acquired via Old French, where rēgālis became roial. => regal
royal (adj.)
mid-13c., "fit for a king;" late 14c., "pertaining to a king," from Old French roial "royal, regal; splendid, magnificent" (12c., Modern French royal), from Latin regalis "of a king, kingly, royal, regal," from rex (genitive regis) "king" (see rex). Meaning "thorough, total" attested from 1940s; that of "splendid, first-rate" from 1853.
Battle royal (1670s) preserves the French custom of putting the adjective after the noun (as in attorney general); the sense of the adjective here is "on a grand scale" (compare pair-royal "three of a kind in cards or dice," c. 1600). The Royal Oak was a tree in Boscobel in Shropshire in which Charles II hid himself during flight after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Sprigs of oak were worn to commemorate his restoration in 1660.
royal (n.)
"royal person," c. 1400, from royal (adj.). Specifically "member of the royal family" from 1774.
实用例句
1. You can buy a formulation containing royal jelly, pollen and vitamin C.
可以买一种含蜂王浆、花粉和维生素C的配方产品。
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2. Banks spent his national service in the Royal Navy.
班克斯在皇家海军服过兵役。
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3. All the royal cars are fitted with electronic homing devices.
所有的皇家轿车都装有电子自导引装置。
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4. Her Royal Highness has definite views about most things.
女王陛下对大多数事情都有明确的观点。
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5. After the Norman Conquest the forest became a royal hunting preserve.
