queen /kwiːn/ star4 CET4 TEM4 (queens)

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

  例：

  ...Queen Victoria.

  …维多利亚女王。

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  N-TITLE/N-COUNT（） N-TITLE/N-COUNTA 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。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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]
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  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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。