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- the female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth女王; 女酋长; 女首领。
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- （亦作queen consort）a king's wife王后。
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- a woman or thing regarded as excellent or outstanding of its kind（某领域的）王后; 精华; 出类拔萃者：
the queen of the social columns
办得最好的社会专栏
the Tourist's Guide to Islay, the Queen of the Hebrides.
赫布里底群岛胜地艾莱岛的旅游指南。
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- a woman or girl chosen to hold the most important position in a festival or event（节日或活动中）当选要职的女子：
she's the official carnival queen.
她是官方指派的狂欢节女王。
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the Queen
dated (in the UK) the national anthem when there is a female sovereign〈旧〉（英国女王在位时的）国歌。
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- informal a man's wife or girlfriend〈非正式〉爱妻; 心上人; 女朋友。
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- the most powerful chess piece that each player has, able to move in any direction along a rank, file, or diagonal on which it stands（国际象棋中的）后。
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- a playing card bearing a representation of a queen, normally ranking next below a king and above a jack（牌戏中的）王后（牌）, Q（牌）。
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- Entomology a reproductive female in a colony of social ants, bees, wasps, or termites【昆】蚁后, 蜂后。
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- an adult female cat that has not been spayed母猫。
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- informal a male homosexual, typically one regarded as ostentatiously effeminate〈非正式〉（尤指脂粉气的）同性恋男子。
with obj.
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queen it over
(of a woman) behave in an unpleasant and superior way towards（女人）对…摆架子, 对…专横跋扈。
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- Chess convert (a pawn) into a queen when it reaches the opponent's back rank on the board【棋】使（兵）变后。
派生词
queendom
nounqueen-like
adjectivequeenship
noun词源
Old English cwēn, of Germanic origin; related to QUEAN.