| 单词 | queen |
| 释义 | queen (once / 46 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n 4n 5n In a monarchy, a queen is the female ruler of the country. Whether you are the Queen of England or the queen of a honey bee colony, you are the female in charge. A queen inherits the title and the job, either from her father (the king) or her mother (the queen). Sometimes the term "queen consort" is used for a king's wife — in this case, the queen isn't the ruler, but merely married to the guy in charge. Many fairs, festivals, and other events crown an honorary queen, so you might be crowned the butter queen at the state fair. There's a queen in chess, the most powerful piece on the board, and a deck of cards has four queens. The most important bee in a colony is also a queen. WORD FAMILYqueen: queened, queening, queenlike, queenly+/queenly: queenlier, queenliest USAGE EXAMPLESUnlike most homes in the area, the Queen Anne-style home still has most of its original layout, with 12-foot ceilings and grand parlors. Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) That coup de grace contained something that is akin to the holy grail in chess – a queen sacrifice. The Guardian(Dec 01, 2016) Harry is on a two-week tour of the Caribbean that is also a celebration of the queen’s Queen 90th birthday. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n a female sovereign ruler Syn|Ant|Exp|Hypo|Hyper female monarch, queen regnant Rex, king, male monarch a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom Cleopatra beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC) Isabella the Catholicthe queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504) Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalaniqueen of the Hawaiian islands (1838-1917) Mary Queen of Scotsqueen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587) AnneQueen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714) Elizabeth IQueen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603) Elizabeth IIdaughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-) Lady Jane GreyQueen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554) Bloody Marydaughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558) Mary IIQueen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest daughter of James II and ruled jointly with her husband William III (1662-1694) Queen Victoriaqueen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901) Queen of England the sovereign ruler of England female aristocrat a woman who is an aristocrat 2n the wife or widow of a king Exp|Hypo|Hyper Anne Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I; was executed on a charge of adultery (1507-1536) Catherine de Medicisqueen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589) Eleanor of Aquitainequeen of France as the wife of Louis VII; that marriage was annulled in 1152 and she then married Henry II and became Queen of England (1122-1204) Esther(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim) Catherine HowardQueen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542) Jezebelwife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC) Marie Antoinettequeen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793) Nefertitiqueen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton (14th century BC) Catherine ParrQueen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548) Jane SeymourQueen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537) queen consort the wife of a reigning king queen dowagerthe widow of a king queen regenta queen who serves as ruler when the king cannot queen mothera queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign female aristocrat a woman who is an aristocrat 3n one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen Hyper court card, face card, picture card one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face 4v become a queen 2her pawn queened Hyper promote be changed for a superior chess or checker piece 1n (chess) the most powerful piece Hyper chess piece, chessman any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess 2v promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess 3Hyper promote change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent 1n the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs Hypo|Hyper queen bee fertile egg-laying female bee insect small air-breathing arthropod 2n an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males Syn|Hyper queen mole rat naked mole rat fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites 3n female cat 4Syn|Hyper tabby Felis catus, Felis domesticus, domestic cat, house cat any domesticated member of the genus Felis 1n something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind Paris is the queen of cities the queen of ocean liners Hyper personification a person who represents an abstract quality 2n a competitor who holds a preeminent position 5Syn|Hyper king, world-beater challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival the contestant you hope to defeat n offensive term for an openly homosexual man Hyper gay man, shirtlifter a homosexual man |
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