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queen

/kween/US // kwin //UK // (kwiːn) //

女王,王后,皇后,女皇

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a female sovereign or monarch.
    • : the wife or consort of a king.
    • : a woman, or something personified as a woman, that is foremost or preeminent in any respect: a movie queen; a beauty queen; Athens, the queen of the Aegean.
    • : Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive.a term used to refer to a gay man, especially one who is flamboyantly campy or effeminate.See Usage note at the current entry.drag queen.
    • : a playing card bearing a picture of a queen.
    • : Chess. the most powerful piece of either color, moved across any number of empty squares in any direction.
    • : Entomology. a fertile female ant, bee, termite, or wasp.
    • : a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter Q.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to reign as queen.
    • : to behave in an imperious or pretentious manner.
    • : Chess. to become promoted to a queen.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • “They treated us like kings and queens,” said one member who participated in the set visit.

  • These pale wrinkly little rodents, indigenous to East Africa, live in underground colonies with rigid roles and elaborate social hierarchies under the stewardship of a queen.

  • Once a new queen emerges, the colony’s sound again starts to match.

  • Alas, the queen has never liked the concept of “one foot in, one foot out” for working royals.

  • The latest match pits Serena Williams, the queen of tennis, against Naomi Osaka, the youngster who is her heir apparent.

  • The reigning queen of hip-hop treads the boards in her teen years.

  • The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.

  • When they invade new territory, populations are low, and the queen has limited mate options.

  • Even the queen saw fit to honor him with the Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace in 2008.

  • A palace insider however insisted to the Daily Beast today that the Queen was not about to abdicate.

  • All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."

  • A fancy came into my head that I would entertain the king and queen with an English tune upon this instrument.

  • Q was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.

  • One of her humours was to unite the son of her minister, with a niece of the widowed Queen of Saint Germain's.

  • As night began to settle down over the land, the Queen Elizabeth seemed to feel the time had come to give full vent to her wrath.