queen /kwiːn/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-TITLE/N-COUNT A queen is a woman who rules a country as its monarch. 女王

  例：

  ...Queen Victoria.

  …维多利亚女王。

• 2. 

  N-TITLE/N-COUNT A queen is a woman who is married to a king. 王后

  例：

  The king and queen had fled.

  国王和王后已经逃跑。

• 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. 出众的女子

  例：

  ...the queen of crime writing.

  …犯罪小说之王。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A queen is a male homosexual who dresses and speaks rather like a woman. 男同性恋中的女性角色 [非正式]

• 5. 

  N-COUNT In chess, the queen is the most powerful piece. It can be moved in any direction. (国际象棋中的) 后

  例：

  Chris will either have to take his queen's knight and lose his own knight, or he'll lose a rook.

  克里斯要么吃掉他的后翼马而失去自己的马，要么失去一个车。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT A queen is a playing card with a picture of a queen on it. (纸牌中的) 王后

  例：

  ...the queen of spades.

  …黑桃王后。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT A queen or a queen bee is a large female bee which can lay eggs. 蜂王

  例：

  Glass hives offer a close-up view of the bees at work, with the queen bee in each hive marked by a white dot.

  玻璃蜂房可以近距离观察工作中的蜜蜂，每个蜂房的蜂王都被打上白点标记。