n (1)女王;王后(female ruler of a country，who inherits her position by right of birth;wife of a king)[C]：Queen Victoria/Elizabeth II/Cleopatra维多利亚/伊丽莎白二世/克利奥帕特拉女王;the～of Scotland/England/the Netherlands苏格兰/英格兰/荷兰女王;be made/crowned～of a country被拥为/加冕的女王;king and～国王与王后;She became a～upon marrying the King.她与国王结婚后成为王后。

(2)出众的女人，胜地，某物(woman，place or thing considered to be the best or most outstanding in some way)[C]：a beauty/movie/tennis～美女/电影/网球王后;the～of the meadows/the west/the society草原/西部/社交女王;the reigning～of detective-story writers 侦探小说之后;the acknow-ledged～of the Woman's Guide 公认的《妇女指南》之后;Paris～of the cities.巴黎这座首屈一指的城市。Venice～of the Adriatic 威尼斯这颗亚得里亚海的明珠;the rose～of the flowers 玫瑰百花之后;

(3)(棋，牌)王后(important chess-piece;playing card with a picture of a queen on it)[C]：a bishop，a king and a～象、王和王后;have two aces and a～两个爱司和一个王后;the～of hearts/spades 红桃/黑桃王后;

(4)蜂(蚁)后(single large female insect that produces eggs)[C]：a～bee/ant/wasp蜂/蚁/黄蜂后;A hive can't exist without a～.没有蜂后，蜂巢不能存在。

vt (1)(国际象棋)使兵变后((in chess)(make a pawn) change into a queen by moving across the board to the opposite end)[T+n];

queen it (over sb)摆架子;自命不凡(infml)(derog)：She lost many of her friends because she～ed it over them. 她失去了许多朋友，因为她在他们面前摆架子。

→′queenly adj 王后的;似王后的