n.[C]

1. 女王[（+of）]
   The queen of that country is only a figurehead.

   那个国家的女王只是个有名无实的首脑。

2. 王后[（+of）]
3. （权力、地位或相貌等）出众的女人，皇后，名媛[（+of）]
   She was the queen of society then.

   那时她是社交界女王。

4. （蜜蜂、蚂蚁等的）后
   the queen ant

   蚁后

5. 【棋】王后；【牌】皇后[（+of）]
6. 【贬】同性恋男子

vt.

1. 使成为女王或王后
2. 【棋】使兵变后

vi.

1. 当女王

n.

1. the female ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.
   ▸ (also queen consort) a king's wife.
   ▸a woman or girl holding the most important position in a festival or event.
2. a woman or thing regarded as the finest or most important in its sphere or group.
3. informal a man's wife or girlfriend.
4. the most powerful chess piece, able to move in any direction.
5. a playing card bearing a representation of a queen, ranking next below a king.
6. Entomology  a reproductive female in a colony of ants, bees, wasps, or termites.
7. an adult female cat that has not been spayed.
8. informal a flamboyantly effeminate male homosexual.

v.

1. (queen it) (of a woman) act in an unpleasantly superior way.
2. Chess  convert (a pawn) into a queen when it reaches the opponent's end of the board.