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queen/kwi:n/ n. & v.●n. 1 (as a title usu. 作头衔时通常作 Queen) a female sovereign etc., esp. the hereditary ruler of an independent state (独立政体的)女王，女酋长，女首领(通常为世袭的) 2 (in full 全称 queen consort) a king's wife 王后 3 a woman, country, or thing pre-eminent or supreme in a specified area or of its kind 最好的或最重要的女子(地方或事物) tennis queen 网球王后； the queen of roses 玫瑰王后 4 the fertile female among ants, bees, etc. (为群体产卵的雌性昆虫，如蚂蚁、蜜蜂等的)王，蚁王，蜂王 5 the most powerful piece in chess (国际象棋中的)王后棋子 6 a court card with a picture of a queen (纸牌中的)王后 7 slang offens. a male homosexual, esp. an effeminate one [俚语] [冒犯] (尤指脂粉气的)同性恋男子 8 (as a title usu. 作头衔时通常作 Queen)a an honoured female, e.g. the Virgin Mary 受尊敬的女性，如，圣母玛利亚 Queen of Heaven 天后，希腊神话中主神宙斯之妻朱诺的别称 b an ancient goddess 古代女神 Venus, Queen of love 爱神维纳斯 9 a belle or mock sovereign on some occasion 艳后; (比拟的)王后，女王 beauty queen 艳后； queen of the May 五月女王 10 a person's sweetheart, wife, or mistress 爱人，爱妻，情人 11 (作 the Queen) (in the UK) the national anthem when there is a female sovereign (在英国女王为最高统治者时的国歌)女王颂 ●v. tr. 1 make (a woman) queen (使)成为女王 2 Chess convert (a pawn) into a queen when it reaches the opponent's side of the board 【棋类】使(卒)升为后(当卒至对方底线时) □ queen it play the queen 似掌权者行事 □ queendom n.□ queenhood n.□ queenless adj.□ queenlike adj.□ queenship n.[Old English cwēn, from Germanic; cf. QUEAN] |