queen

英 [kwiːn]

美 [kwiːn]

n. 女王; 女酋长; 女首领; 王后; (某领域的)王后; 精髓; 精华
vt. 立…为王后（或女王）; 使…成为国王的妻子; [国际象棋]使（兵）成为后

复数：queens　现在分词：queening　过去式：queened　第三人称单数：queens　过去分词：queened　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1223 / COCA.43081

习惯用语

turn King's/Queen's evidence

提供同犯的罪证，揭发其他案犯（以减轻所受惩罚）
to give information against other criminals in order to get a less severe punishment

the uncrowned king/queen (of sth)

无冕之王（某地区或领域中最杰出的人）
the person considered to be the best, most famous or successful in a particular place or area of activity

noun

女统治者 female ruler

出类拔萃 best in group

节日 at festival

国际象棋 in chess

后
the most powerful piece used in the game of chess that can move any number of squares in any direction

纸牌 in cards

昆虫 insect

（为群体产卵的）雌性昆虫；王；后
a large female insect that lays eggs for the whole group
1. a queen bee
  蜂王

同性恋 homosexual

（女性化的男同性恋者贬称）王后，假娘儿们
an offensive word for a male homosexual who behaves like a woman

N-TITLE; N-COUNT 女王;女皇
Aqueenis a woman who rules a country as its monarch.
1. ...Queen Victoria...
  维多利亚女王
2. She met the Queen last week.
  上周她受到了女王的接见。
N-TITLE; N-COUNT 皇后；王后
Aqueenis a woman who is married to a king.
1. The king and queen had fled.
  国王和王后都逃之夭夭了。
See also:...the queen of crime writing.beauty queen
(女性化的)同性恋男子
Aqueenis a male homosexual who dresses and speaks rather like a woman.
(国际象棋中的)后
In chess, thequeenis the most powerful piece. It can be moved in any direction.
N-COUNT (纸牌中的)王后(牌)，Q（牌）
Aqueenis a playing card with a picture of a queen on it.
1. ...the queen of spades.
  黑桃王后
蜂王
Aqueenor aqueen beeis a large female bee which can lay eggs.

noun

female cat
Synonym:tabby
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites
an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
Synonym:queen mole rat
(chess) the most powerful piece
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
offensive term for an openly homosexual man
Synonym:fagotfaggotfagfairynancepansyqueerpoofpoovepouf
a competitor who holds a preeminent position
Synonym:kingworld-beater
a female sovereign ruler
Synonym:queen regnantfemale monarch
the wife or widow of a king
something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
1. Paris is the queen of cities
2. the queen of ocean liners

verb

She met the Queen last week.
上周她受到了女王的接见。
Don't worry, he's just being a drama queen.
不用担心，他只不过是在小题大做罢了。
A scowling man briskly led the Queen's husband away from the great unwashed.
一名面色阴沉的男子迅速地把王夫带离了那些草根下民。
They were staunch British patriots and had portraits of the Queen in their flat.
他们是英国坚定的爱国者，并在公寓里挂着女王的肖像。
It was during the reign of Queen Isabella that Christopher Columbus set forth on his epic voyage of discovery.
正是在伊莎贝拉女王统治时期克里斯托弗·哥伦布开始了他伟大的发现之旅。
If a new leader emerged, it would then be for the Queen to invite him to form a government
如果新首脑产生了，女王就会邀请他组建政府。
I veered away from the set menu and went for the day's special of queen scallops
我没有点套餐，而是要了当日的特供菜——皇后海扇贝。
The king and queen had fled.
国王和王后都逃之夭夭了。
He was knighted in the Queen's birthday honours list in June 1988.
他于1988年6月被封为爵士，是女王生日宴会上的受勋者之一。
The Queen is passing the money on to a selection of her favourite charities
女王要把那笔钱交给她喜欢的一些慈善机构。