哈里王子订婚，凯特王妃再次怀孕，英国王室的一举一动都备受关注。最近有报道称，哈里王子的未来老丈人正在学习皇家礼仪，以便在婚礼上自如应对。

今天，我们也来学习10个和王室有关的英语习语，感受一下英语里的“皇贵”气息。

1. Prince Charming

charming的意思是“可爱的；迷人的；有魅力的”，不过，Prince Charming就是“白马王子”的意思，记住要大写哦。

A woman's Prince Charming is a man who seems to her to be a perfect lover or boyfriend, because he is attractive, kind, and considerate.

例句：

How much time have you wasted sitting around waiting for Prince Charming to appear?

你浪费了多少时间坐在那里干等白马王子的出现？

2. drama queen

drama的意思是戏剧；舞台剧；戏剧性事件，queen指女王；王后，也有杰出女性的意思。

戏剧讲究夸张的表现方式，drama queen就形容小题大做的人，反应激烈夸张的人，也有人译成“戏精”。

If you call someone a drama queen, you mean they react to situations in an unnecessarily dramatic or exaggerated way.

例句：

You're such a drama queen! It's no big deal.

天啊，他怎么会如此大动干戈！我从未见过这样小题大做的。

She really is not the right person for the job. She is such a drama queen when it comes to having to deal with any situation however small it is.

她真地不合适做这个工作。不管做多少微不足道的事，她都会小题大做一番。

3. queen bee

Queen bee的本意是“蜂王”。要知道，一个蜜蜂群体中可能有几千到几万只蜜蜂，但只会有一只蜂王。

A queen or a queen bee is a large female bee which can lay eggs.

“蜂王”，又称“蜂后”，是蜂群体中唯一能产卵的雌性蜂。所以说，蜂王有着至高无上的重要地位。

例句：

The whole hive flew after the queen bee.

整个蜂群跟着蜂王飞舞。

从这个例句来看，不难理解为什么queen bee的引申义是“交际花”或“社交界女王”。

4. a king's ransom

ransom的意思是赎金；赎身；赎回，要想赎回国王king，肯定需要pay a large ransom（付一大笔赎金）。

所以说，a king's ransom就是“一大笔钱，巨款”的意思。不过，这个习语并常用。

If you refer to a sum of money as a king's ransom, you are emphasizing that it is very large.

例句：

That diamond necklace must have cost a king's ransom.

那条钻石项链一定花了一大笔钱。

5. fit for a king

fit for这个短语的意思是“适合于；使…胜任”，适合国王的一定很奢华很贵气了。所以说， fit for a king的意思就是“极尽奢华的”。

例句：

That was a wonderful dinner you gave me — fit for a king.

你请我吃了一顿大餐——一顿上等的大餐.

6. live like a king

这个短语跟fit for a king意思差不多，像国王一样生活，也就是“过奢侈生活”的意思。

If you say that someone lives like a king, you mean that they are able to live in a very comfortable or luxurious way.

例句：

In some countries, your salary would allow you to live like a king.

你的工资能让你在一些国家里过上帝王般的生活。

7. crown jewels

crown的意思是王冠，皇冠，jewels表示宝石，所以说crown jewels的本义是御宝，也就是国王或女王在重要官方典礼上佩戴的王冠和珠宝。

它的引申义指某地方或组织最重要的方面，最有价值的方面。

If you describe something as someone's crown jewel, you mean it is the most important or valuable thing they have.

例句：

The university system of Maryland is one of our State's crown jewels.

大学体系是我们马里兰州最出色的方面。

8. build castles in the air

这个习语大家很熟悉了，“空中楼阁”也就是“空想，几乎不可能实现的计划”的意思。

例句：

Theoreticians are busy building and refining the castles in the air of the model world.

理论家们忙于建立和改善模型世界中的空中楼阁。

You cannot grow a successful business by building castles in the air.

如果不脚踏实地，生意就不可能成功。

要注意， in the air的意思不只是在空中，也表示“即将发生；可被感觉到；被人们意识到”。

例句：

Love/Change/Spring is in the air.

爱意萌动／变革在即／春意盎然。

9. hold court

Court除了有“法院；法庭”的意思，也表示“宫廷；王室；朝廷”。

Hold court是一种幽默诙谐的说法，尤指在社交场合引起周围人的注意，如“受人朝拜”，“受人爱戴”。

If someone holds court in a place, they are surrounded by a lot of people who are paying them a lot of attention because they are interesting or famous.

例句：

Patrick is holding court at the end table.

帕特里克在茶几旁被不少人围着。

The chairman loves holding court at our shareholders’ evening receptions.

董事长喜欢在我们的股东晚宴上成为众星捧月的人。

10. To be king of something

king在这里的意思是“最重要者；首屈一指者；…之王”，或是“擅长做某事”。

If you describe a man as the king of something, you mean that he is the most important person doing that thing or he is the best at doing it.

例句：

Paul is the king of barbecues. Nobody does them better than him.

保罗最擅长烧烤，没有人能出其右。

也可以用“queen of something”来表达同样的意思。

If you refer to a woman as the queen of a particular activity, you mean that she is well-known for being very good at it.

例句：

the queen of crime writing.

犯罪小说女王