May queen
noun [ C ] (also May Queen) uk/ˌmeɪ ˈkwiːn/ us/ˌmeɪ ˈkwiːn/
五月女王
a girl or woman chosen to have a special title as part of traditional celebrations for May Day (= the first of May)
Each year a May queen was crowned on the village green. 每年都有一位五月女王在村里的草地上加冕。
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- The procession walks down the village high street and back before the May queen is crowned by a civic dignitary.
- You say you were May queen one year. How were you chosen?
- His studies of May Day customs looked at the origins of plaited maypole dancing and May Queens.
- After the stately Maypole dance comes the crowning of the May Queen.