queen
柯林斯词典
1. N-TITLE/N-COUNT A queen is a woman who rules a country as its monarch. 女王
...Queen Victoria. …维多利亚女王。
2. N-TITLE/N-COUNT A queen is a woman who is married to a king. 王后
The king and queen had fled. 国王和王后已经逃跑。
3. N-COUNT 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. 出众的女子
...the queen of crime writing. …犯罪小说之王。
4. N-COUNT A queen is a male homosexual who dresses and speaks rather like a woman. 男同性恋中的女性角色[非正式]
5. N-COUNT In chess, the queen is the most powerful piece. It can be moved in any direction. (国际象棋中的) 后
Chris will either have to take his queen's knight and lose his own knight, or he'll lose a rook. 克里斯要么吃掉他的后翼马而失去自己的马，要么失去一个车。
6. N-COUNT A queen is a playing card with a picture of a queen on it. (纸牌中的) 王后
...the queen of spades. …黑桃王后。
7. N-COUNT A queen or a queen bee is a large female bee which can lay eggs. 蜂王
Glass hives offer a close-up view of the bees at work, with the queen bee in each hive marked by a white dot. 玻璃蜂房可以近距离观察工作中的蜜蜂，每个蜂房的蜂王都被打上白点标记。
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queen /kwiːn/ (queens)
剑桥词典
- The queen may have privilege but she has no real political clout .
- The queen, in full ceremonial dress , presided over the ceremony .
- The queen will attend the official opening of the theatre in June .
- The queen outlasted all her children .
- The country was without a ruler after the queen died .
queen noun [C] (WOMAN)
a woman who rules a country because she has been born into a royal family , or a woman who is married to a king女王；王后
How long did Queen Victoria reign ? 维多利亚女王在位多长时间？
The Queen is meeting the prime minister today. 今天女王要接见首相。
any woman who is considered to be the best at what she does
杰出女性，女杰
She's the reigning queen of crime writers . 她是当今首屈一指的犯罪小说作家。
the most powerful piece on the board in the game of chess
（国际象棋中的）后
in a group of insects , a single large female that produces eggs
（一群昆虫中产卵的）后，王
a queen bee 蜂王
a queen ant 蚁后
a queen wasp 黄蜂王
in a set of playing cards , a card with a picture of a queen on it. It is usually worth less than a king .
（纸牌中的）王后
例句
queen noun [C] (GAY MAN)
slang offensivea gay man, especially an older man, whose way of behaving is noticeable and artificial
（举止明显像女人的）同性恋男子，（尤指）老同性恋男子
James is such an old queen. 詹姆斯是一个老同性恋。 返回 queen