queen

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 kwēn

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The wife, consort, or widow of a king.
    — The divorced king was looking for a new queen.
  2. A female monarch.
    — But our mercifull Queene Elizabeth hath not burned the popiſh prieſtes on the alters where they committed idolatrie in ſaying of Maſſe, and worſhipped a piece of breade for the bodie of Chriſte (which ſhee might haue done if ſhee would) and yet you count not her for a godly and mercifull Queene.
  3. A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.; The Virgin Mary (especially in formulations such as Queen of Heaven, Queen of Glory).
    — […] and yet I will not ſay but amongſt duſt there is Pearle found, and in hard rockes Dyamonds of great value, and ſo amongſt many women there are ſome good, as that gracious and glorious Queene of all woman kinde the Virgin Mary the mother of al bliſſe, what wun her honour, but an humble minde and her paines and loue vnto our Sauiour Chriſt.
  4. A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.; An excellent woman.
    — Always look after that girl, doc. She's a queen!
  5. A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.; A woman pre-eminent in a particular group or field.
    — But now I was the Lord / Of this faire manſion,maſter of my ſeruants, / Queene ore my ſelfe : and euen now,but now.
  6. A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.; An attractive woman; a female partner in a romantic relationship. slang
    — Know you the town is full of folks? Know you the shows are full of queens? That every mail is full of jokes Born of the nation's brightest beans?
  7. A woman whose pre-eminence, power, or forcefulness is comparable to that of a queen.; A girl or woman chosen to preside in an honorary or ceremonial manner over a specified festivity or occasion, as May Queen, Homecoming Queen, prom queen, pearly queen.
    — My mother was queen of the St. Patrick's Day parade when she was 19.
  8. Something regarded as the greatest of its kind or as having pre-eminence or power comparable to that of a queen over a given area.
    — Thare saw I May, of myrthfull monethis quene.
  9. Referring to one of several items used in tabletop games:; A chess piece that, under contemporary rules, is the most powerful, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
    — For this cauſe that when he [the pawn] can procede so well in warre, as to arriue at the laſte rancke of hys enemies, he is choſen and made the beſt piece of the playe, to wit, he is the Quene.
  10. Referring to one of several items used in tabletop games:; A playing card with a depiction of a queen on it, generally ranking next below the king and above the jack in a given suit.
    — There is 5. trumps beside the Queene, yᵉ hindmost yᵘ shalt finde her
  11. Referring to one of several items used in tabletop games:; A red disk that is the most valuable piece in the Asian game of carrom.
    — Imran was good at carrom. Always after the bright red queen, the centre of attention on the board, he tussled to win it first.
  12. A reproductive female insect in a hive, such as an ant, bee, termite or wasp.
    — Each time a worker shakes the queen, she grasps the queen with her forelegs and shakes her own body for a second or so, delivering 10 to 20 vigorous shakings of the queen […]
  13. A type of flatfish, specifically the lemon sole. obsolete
  14. A queen apple. rare
  15. A queen scallop.
  16. Ellipsis of queen post. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,obsolete
    — Truss framed with King Posts […] Do. with Kings and Queens.
  17. A type of large roofing slate. historical
  18. A homosexual man, especially one who is effeminate or flaming. derogatory,sometimes
    — […] all of these men are lasciviously dressed in womanly attire, short sleeves, low-necked dresses and the usual ball-room decorations and ornaments of women, feathered and ribboned head-dresses, garters, frills, flowers, ruffles, etc., and deport themselves as women. Standing or seated on a pedestal, but accessible to all the rest, is the naked queen (a male), whose phallic member, decorated with a ribbon, is subject to the gaze and osculations in turn, of all the members of this lecherous gang of sexual perverts and phallic fornicators.
  19. An adult female cat capable of breeding.
    — A few outdoor houses for the queens are used.
  20. Ellipsis of queen olive. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — The combined quantity of Queens and Manzanillas to be pickled from the 1935 olive crop in the Seville District of Spain is estimated at 32,500 short tons, according to a report received from N. I. Nielsen, Agricultural Attaché at Paris.
  21. Ellipsis of drag queen. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,slang
    — Since exposure plays a major role in the success of a queen, even those performers who do not win a Talent Night can obtain bookings by the bar and establish a reputation.
  22. Pertaining to a queen-size bed or queen-size bedding. US,attributive
    — Ad Hoc Softwares has bright hand-blocked floral cotton bed linens from India, including flat full/queen sheets, were $85, now $51; standard pillowcases, were $18 each, now $10.80 […]
  23. Pertaining to a queen-size bed or queen-size bedding.; Ellipsis of queen-size bed or mattress. US,abbreviation,alt-of,attributive,ellipsis
  24. A monarch butterfly (Danaus spp., especially Danaus gilippus).
动词 v.
  1. To act the part of a queen; to behave imperiously; to queen it. intransitive,obsolete
  2. To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen. transitive
    — This dreame of mine / Being now awake, Ile Queene it no inch farther, / But milke my Ewes, and weepe.
  3. To promote a pawn to a queen.
    — Neither King will be able to stop the opponent's pawns from queening, when the game should be a draw. In such cases, which side queens first, or queens with check, can make a crucial difference. In this case, White promotes his pawn first and is able to put this advantage to good use.
  4. To be the queen bee of a colony.
    — They have all been queened by imported stock, or the best of home-bred mothers.
  5. To provide with a new queen bee.
    — In queening his apiary, he aims to keep about half of the queens of the current season's rearing, and the other of the summer preceding.
  6. To sit on a person’s face to receive oral sex, typically while straddling the person’s head. slang,transitive,usually
    — The classic posture, in which you lie on your back while the male serves you, may make him feel arrogant and in charge. Try Queening him. Have him lie on his back while you sit on his face (make sure he has an airway through either his mouth or his nose).

词形变化

queens plural queene alternative,obsolete quene alternative,obsolete queyne alternative,obsolete queens present,singular,third-person queening participle,present queened participle,past queened past queene alternative,obsolete quene alternative,obsolete queyne alternative,obsolete

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词源

词源 1
From Middle English quene, queen, cwen, from Old English cwēn (“queen”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāni, from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz (“wife, woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s (“woman”).
Cognate with Scots queen, wheen (“queen”), Old Saxon quān ("wife"; > Middle Low German quene (“elderly woman”)), Dutch kween (“woman past child-bearing age”), Swedish kvinna (“woman”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kvinne (“woman”), Danish kvinde (“woman”), Icelandic kvon (“wife”), Gothic 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 (qēns, “wife”), Norwegian dialectal kvån (“wife”). Related to and possibly merged with and/or absorbed some senses of English quean, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene (“woman; female serf, quean”), see quean. Generally eclipsed non-native Middle English regina (“queen”), borrowed from Latin rēgīna (“queen”) (see Modern English Regina). Doublet of quean and gyne.
In reference to insects, by analogy with the obsolete term king, which it took over from starting in the 1600s, when they were discovered to be female.
词源 2
From Middle English quene, queen, cwen, from Old English cwēn (“queen”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwāni, from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz (“wife, woman”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s (“woman”).
Cognate with Scots queen, wheen (“queen”), Old Saxon quān ("wife"; > Middle Low German quene (“elderly woman”)), Dutch kween (“woman past child-bearing age”), Swedish kvinna (“woman”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kvinne (“woman”), Danish kvinde (“woman”), Icelandic kvon (“wife”), Gothic 𐌵𐌴𐌽𐍃 (qēns, “wife”), Norwegian dialectal kvån (“wife”). Related to and possibly merged with and/or absorbed some senses of English quean, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene (“woman; female serf, quean”), see quean. Generally eclipsed non-native Middle English regina (“queen”), borrowed from Latin rēgīna (“queen”) (see Modern English Regina). Doublet of quean and gyne.
In reference to insects, by analogy with the obsolete term king, which it took over from starting in the 1600s, when they were discovered to be female.
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