kingdom

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king·dom /ˈkɪŋdəm/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  PGa country ruled by a king or queen 王国 the United Kingdom 联合王国kingdom of the kingdom of Thailand 泰王国2. the animal/plant/mineral kingdom HBone of the three parts into which the natural world is divided 动物界/植物界/矿物界〔大自然三界〕3. the kingdom of heaven/God  (also God’s kingdom)RRCRELIGION heaven 天国4  kingdom come informalDESTROY a phrase used to describe the end of the world, death, or the end of time 世界末日；死；结束 He left the gas on and nearly blew us all to kingdom come. 他忘了关上煤气，差点把我们都送上西天。

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kingdom
king‧dom /ˈkɪŋdəm/ noun [countable]
1. a country ruled by a king or queen:
    the United Kingdom
    kingdom of
    the kingdom of Thailand
2. the animal/plant/mineral kingdom one of the three parts into which the natural world is divided
3. the kingdom of heaven/God (also God’s kingdom) heaven
4. kingdom come informal a phrase used to describe the end of the world, death, or the end of time:
    He left the gas on and nearly blew us all to kingdom come.

king·domBrE /ˈkɪŋdəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɪŋdəm/ 🔊 nouna country ruled by a king or queen 王国◆the United Kingdom联合王国◆the kingdom of God (= heaven) 天国an area controlled by a particular person or where a particular thing or idea is important 管辖范围；领域one of the three traditional divisions of the natural world 自然三界之一◆the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms动物界、植物界及矿物界(biology 生物) one of the five major groups into which all living things are organized 界（生物的五大类别之一）

breed, class, classification, genus, hybrid, kingdom, order, phylum, species, taxonomy

●blow sb/sth to kingdom ˈcome(informal) to completely destroy sb/sth with an explosion 送…上西天；彻底炸毁●till/until kingdom ˈcome(old-fashioned) for ever 永远；永久