| 释义 |
Noun: queen kween- The only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
- A female sovereign ruler
- queen regnant, female monarch - The wife or widow of a king
- 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" - A competitor who holds a preeminent position
- king, world-beater - [offensive] A homosexual man
- One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
- (chess) the most powerful piece
- 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
- queen mole rat - Female cat
- tabby
Verb: queen kween- Promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
- Become a queen
"her pawn queened"
Sounds like: quean Derived forms: queening, queened, queens See also: queenly Type of: challenger, chess piece, chessman, competition, competitor, contender, court card, domestic cat, face card, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, female aristocrat, gay man, house cat, insect, naked mole rat, personification, picture card, promote, rival, shirtlifter Antonym: king Part of: deck, deck of cards, pack of cards, royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty Encyclopedia: Queen |