• vi. 統治；支配；盛行；君臨
• n. 統治；統治時期；支配

來自拉丁語 regnum,王國，統治，來自 regere,統治，管理，詞源同 regal,regulate.

reign

reign: [13] Reign goes back via Old French reignier to Latin rēgnāre ‘be king, rule’, a derivative of rēgnum ‘kingship’ (source of English interregnum [16]). This was closely related to rēx ‘king’ (source of English regal, royal, etc), and also to regere ‘rule’ (source of English rector, regent, etc).
=> interregnum, regent

reign (n.)

early 13c., "kingdom," from Old French reigne "kingdom, land, country" (Modern French règne), from Latin regnum "kingship, dominion, rule, realm," related to regere (see regal). Meaning "period of rule" first recorded mid-14c.

reign (v.)

"to hold or exercise sovereign power," late 13c., from Old French regner "rule, reign" (12c.), from Latin regnare "have royal power, be king, rule, reign," from regnum (see reign (n.)). Related: Reigned; reigning; regnal.

1. The commanders accused him of carrying out a reign of terror.

指揮官們譴責他實行恐怖統治。

來自柯林斯例句

2. More and more nobles made Moscow their home during Catherine's reign.

在葉卡捷琳娜大帝統治時期，越來越多的貴族移居莫斯科。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Archaeologists have dated the fort to the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius.

考古學家判定這個堡壘建于羅馬皇帝安東尼·庇護統治時期。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.

伊麗莎白王朝延至17世紀.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.

寧為雞口,毋為牛后.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》