Diadem

(n.) Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general.

(n.) Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.

(n.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center.

(v. t.) To adorn with a diadem; to crown.

弗朗西斯整理

• I stand here, it would seem, an elected king; this hand is about to grasp a sceptre; these brows feel in each nerve the coming diadem. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Love had doubled all her excellencies, and placed a diadem on her genius. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• He looked down at her with a rich bright brow like a diadem above his eyes. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He opened the case, and taking out the diadem he laid it upon the table. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• There can, I think, be no doubt that this battered and shapeless diadem once encircled the brows of the royal Stuarts. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• But all the later emperors after Diocletian wore diadems and magnificent robes. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• For, instead of a long train with royal diadems, I saw in one family two fiddlers, three spruce courtiers, and an Italian prelate. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.

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