Queen

[kwiːn] or [kwin]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs.

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) (chess) the most powerful piece.

(noun.) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen.

(noun.) a female sovereign ruler.

(noun.) the wife or widow of a king.

(noun.) 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'.

(verb.) become a queen; 'her pawn queened'.

(verb.) promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess.

編輯:威拉--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The wife of a king.

(n.) A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.

(n.) A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc.

(n.) The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites.

(n.) The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.

(n.) A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.

(n.) A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women's clothing.

(v. i.) To act the part of a queen.

(v. i.) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.

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解釋/意思:

n. the wife of a king: a female sovereign: the best or chief of her kind: a queen-bee or queen-ant: of playing-cards one with the queen painted on it: the piece in chess which is the most deadly in attack.—v.i. to play the queen.—ns. Queen′-app′le Queen′ing the name of several varieties of apple; Queen′-bee the sole female of a bee-hive considerably larger than an ordinary bee; Queen′-con′sort the wife of the reigning sovereign—opp. to Queen′-reg′nant holding the crown in her own right; Queen′craft craft or policy on the part of a queen; Queen′dom queenly rule or dignity: the realm of a queen; Queen′-dow′ager the widow of a deceased king; Queen′hood the state of being a queen; Queen′let a petty queen.—adjs. Queen′-like Queen′ly like a queen: becoming or suitable to a queen.—n. Queen′liness.—adv. Queen′ly like a queen.—ns. Queen′-moth′er a queen-dowager the mother of the reigning king or queen; Queen′-of-the-mead′ows the meadow-sweet; Queen′-post (archit.) one of two upright posts in a trussed roof resting upon the tie-beam and supporting the principal rafters; Queen′-rē′gent a queen who reigns as regent; Queen's′-arm a musket; Queen′ship the state condition or dignity of a queen; Queen′-stitch a square or chequer pattern in embroidery stitch.—Queen Anne's Bounty a fund for augmenting the incomes of the poorer clergy of England set aside in 1703; Queen Anne style (archit.) the style popular in the early part of the 18th century the buildings plain and simple with classic cornices and details and frequently with large windows divided by mullions; Queen of heaven a title often given to the goddess Astarte or Ashtoreth: among Roman Catholics a title for the Virgin Mary; Queen of the May=May-queen (see May); * Queen's Bench (court of: see King); * Queen's colour one of the pair of colours belonging to each regiment in our army; * Queen's counsel (see Counsel); * Queen's English correct use of the English language; * Queen's evidence (see Evident); * Queen's messenger (see Message); Queen's metal an alloy consisting chiefly of tin; Queen's tobacco pipe the facetious designation of a peculiarly shaped kiln which used to be situated at the corner of the tobacco warehouses belonging to the London Docks and in which contraband goods were burned; Queen's ware a variety of Wedgwood ware otherwise known as cream-coloured ware; Queen's yellow the yellow subsulphate of mercury.

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