jewel in the crown

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The most valuable or important thing or person among others of its kind. idiomatic
    — They eventually found each other and forged a powerful doubles partnership. In 1956, they won the French Championships and Wimbledon, the jewel in the crown of a sport that had hardly welcomed them.

词形变化

jewels in the crown plural

词源

The phrase historically referred to India under the British Raj (1858–1947), the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent.
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