| 词组 | coronate |
| 释义 | coronate Back in 1967 one Darcy Curwen wrote this: • A short while ago I heard one of the better radio announcers say, "When Pope Pius was coronated " There is no such word; the fellow meant crowned —Bulletin of Emma Willard School, June 1967 Nickles 1974 doesn't like coronate either, listing it among a bunch of "bastard" words, as he terms back-formations. William Safire in the New York Times Magazine for 16 March 1980 called it "wrong." A look into Webster's Third or the OED will give you a different slant on the word. Coronate has been around since the 17th century. It is derived from Latin corona-tus, past participle of coronare "to crown"; it is not a back-formation from coronation. Coronate is a relatively rare verb. It last got fairly frequent play back at the accession of Queen Elizabeth II: • Queen Elizabeth II will probably be coronated sometime between August and the spring of 1953 —Wall Street Jour., 9 Feb. 1952 It has been used only occasionally since. • The police asked today all drivers to keep off the streets Thursday when the Shah and Empress Farah will be coronated —N.Y. Times (AP), 23 Oct. 1967 Perhaps some writers are too young to remember 1953, and the Shah is long gone, having been replaced by the Ayatollah Khomeini, who was not coronated (or crowned). Most people use crown. But coronate is available if you need it, and it is a perfectly legitimate word. |
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