资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kingdom \King"dom\, n. [AS. cyningd?m. See 2d {King}, and
   -{dom}.]
   1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal
      authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.

            Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. --Ps. cxiv.
                                                  13.

            When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his
            father, he strengthened himself.      --2 Chron.
                                                  xxi. 4.

   2. The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the
      dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or
      has control.

            Unto the kingdom of perpetual night.  --Shak.

            You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our
            kingdom.                              --Shak.

   3. An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading
      or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a
      department; as, the mineral kingdom. ``The animal and
      vegetable kingdoms.''                       --Locke.

   {Animal kingdom}. See under {Animal}.

   {Kingdom of God}.
      (a) The universe.
      (b) That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged
          sovereign.
      (c) The authority or dominion of God.

   {Mineral kingdom}. See under {Mineral}.

   {United Kingdom}. See under {United}.

   {Vegetable kingdom}. See under {Vegetable}.

   Syn: Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain.

资料来源 : WordNet®

United Kingdom
     n : a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the
         British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and
         Wales and Northern Ireland [syn: {UK}, {Great Britain}, {GB},
          {Britain}, {United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
         Ireland}]