queen 1 S2 W2 / kwin / 名词 [可数名词]
1 ruler ( also Queen )
a) the female ruler of a country → king
queen of
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
Queen Elizabeth
At 18, Victoria was crowned queen (= officially became ruler ) .
b) the wife of a king :
the future queen
2 card a playing card with a picture of a queen on it :
the queen of diamonds
3 the queen of something the woman or place that is considered the best in a particular area or activity :
With 42 albums, she was the queen of pop.
Paris, the queen of fashion
4 competition American English the woman who wins a beauty competition, or who is chosen to represent a school, area etc :
the carnival queen
5 insect a large female bee , ant etc, which lays the eggs for a whole group
6 queen bee a woman who behaves as if she is the most important person in a place
7 homosexual taboo informal an offensive word for a male homosexual who behaves very like a woman. Do not use this word.
8 chess the most powerful piece in the game of chess
→ beauty queen , drag queen
COLLOCATIONS
动词
become queen Mary Tudor became queen in 1553.
crown somebody queen (= officially make someone queen ) The next day she was crowned Queen of England.
a queen rules/reigns (= is in charge of a country ) Queen Victoria reigned for over 60 years.
a queen abdicates (= gives up the position of being queen ) The Queen is unlikely to abdicate.
短语
the reign of Queen Elizabeth/Victoria etc (= when Elizabeth etc was queen ) She was born in the reign of Queen Victoria.
Her Majesty the Queen (= used when talking about a queen ) Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting Australia in July.
THESAURUS
king the male ruler of a country, who comes from a royal family : George III was the king of England at that time. | King Harald V of Norway
queen a woman who rules a country because she is from a royal family, or the wife of a king : She became queen when she was only 14 years old. | Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
monarch a king or queen : The bishops were appointed by the monarch.
monarchy a country that is ruled by a king or queen, or this type of political system : Britain is a constitutional monarchy. | Some people want the monarchy to be abolished.
prince the son of a king, queen, or prince, or the male ruler of a small country or state : Prince Rainier of Monaco | The prince will inherit the throne when his father dies.
ruler someone such as a king, who has official power over a country and its people : the ruler of Babylonia | General Musharraf was the former military ruler of Pakistan.
emperor the ruler of an empire (= group of countries ) : the Habsburg emperors of the 19th century | Emperor Hirohito
sovereign formal a king or queen : It was hoped that a meeting of the two sovereigns would ease tensions between the countries.
regent someone who governs instead of a king or queen, because the king or queen is ill, absent, or still a child : Edward II left his friend Gaveston as regent.
the crown formal the position of king or queen : Warwick was a loyal servant of the crown.