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. …維多利亞女王。
2. N-TITLE/N-COUNT A queen is a woman who is married to a king. 王後
The king and queen had fled. 國王和王後已經逃跑。
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. 出衆的女子
...the queen of crime writing. …犯罪小說之王。
4. N-COUNT A queen is a male homosexual who dresses and speaks rather like a woman. 男同性戀中的女性角色[非正式]
5. N-COUNT In chess, the queen is the most powerful piece. It can be moved in any direction. (國際象棋中的) 後
Chris will either have to take his queen's knight and lose his own knight, or he'll lose a rook. 尅裡斯要麽喫掉他的後翼馬而失去自己的馬，要麽失去一個車。
6. N-COUNT A queen is a playing card with a picture of a queen on it. (紙牌中的) 王後
...the queen of spades. …黑桃王後。
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. 玻璃蜂房可以近距離觀察工作中的蜜蜂，每個蜂房的蜂王都被打上白點標記。
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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；王後
How long did Queen Victoria reign ? 維多利亞女王在位多長時間？
The Queen is meeting the prime minister today. 今天女王要接見首相。
any woman who is considered to be the best at what she does
傑出女性，女傑
She's the reigning queen of crime writers . 她是儅今首屈一指的犯罪小說作家。
the most powerful piece on the board in the game of chess
（國際象棋中的）後
in a group of insects , a single large female that produces eggs
（一群崑蟲中産卵的）後，王
a queen bee 蜂王
a queen ant 蟻後
a queen wasp 黃蜂王
in a set of playing cards , a card with a picture of a queen on it. It is usually worth less than a king .
（紙牌中的）王後
例句
queen noun [C] (GAY MAN)
slang offensivea gay man, especially an older man, whose way of behaving is noticeable and artificial
（擧止明顯像女人的）同性戀男子，（尤指）老同性戀男子
James is such an old queen. 詹姆斯是一個老同性戀。 返回 queen