queen中文意思

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queen
/ kwi:n /

◙ noun
1. 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
  (也作 queen consort)a king's wife
• 王后
  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。
  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。
  (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
  [informal] a man's wife or girlfriend
• [非正式] 爱妻；心上人；女朋友
2. 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
3. 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）
4. [Entomology] a reproductive female in a colony of social ants, bees, wasps, or termites
• [昆] 蚁后，蜂后
5. an adult female cat that has not been spayed
• 母猫
6. [informal] a male homosexual, typically one regarded as ostentatiously effeminate
• [非正式] （尤指脂粉气的）同性恋男子
◙ verb, [with obj.]
1. (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
2. [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】

♦ queendom noun
♦ queen-like adjective
♦ queenship noun

【语源】

1. Old English cwēn, of Germanic origin; related to quean