Word · Frequency #1223
Queen
使(兵)升变为王后
To promote (a pawn) to a queen in chess.
象棋术语
- 1.
To make a queen or (figuratively) to give the status of a queen.
使成为女王,或(比喻地)授予女王地位。
- 2.
To promote a pawn to a queen.
将兵升变为皇后。
- 3.
To be the queen bee of a colony.
成为蜂群中的蜂王。
- 4.
To provide with a new queen bee.
给(蜂群)配备新蜂王。
使成为王后;封…为王后;充当蜂王;做蜂王;为(蜂群)引入新蜂王;使成为女王,或(比喻地)授予女王地位。;将兵升变为皇后。
In use
The ancient ritual queened the eldest princess in a grand ceremony.
The tribe is queening their leader's daughter next month.
After the old queen died, her daughter queened for over thirty years.
Verb forms
base queen · third person queens · -ing queening · past queened · past participle queened
规则动词,意为‘成为女王’或‘立为女王’。
Connections
Collocations
- queen a pawn
- 将兵升变为王后
- He queened his pawn in the endgame.他在残局中把兵升变成了王后。
- queen it over
- 像女王一样盛气凌人;作威作福
- She always queens it over her colleagues at work.她在工作中总是对同事们盛气凌人。
- queen a hive
- 给蜂箱配备新蜂王
- The beekeeper queened the hive after the old queen died.老蜂王死后,养蜂人给这个蜂箱配备了新蜂王。
Synonyms
Antonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想:小兵冲到对方底线,头上被戴上王冠,就“封后”成为 queen(王后/女王)。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:国际象棋、养蜂 queen 作动词时通常出现在国际象棋和养蜂等专业语境中,比较常见于 chess 的“兵升变为后”和 beekeeping 的“为蜂群配备新蜂王”;“封…为王后”的用法偏向正式或文学语体。日常口语较少使用,建议先掌握国际象棋中的用法。
Grammar Note
及物动词意为‘立为女王’,不及物动词意为‘做女王’
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都含有 /iːn/ 音,拼写多以 -een 结尾,适合与 queen 一起比较拼写和读音。注意:queen 的拼写以 que 开头,但 queue /kjuː/ 等词读音不同,不要受拼写影响。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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