The Queen's birthday was honoured by a 21-gun salute.是什么意思？

The Queen's birthday was honoured by a 21-gun salute.

鸣二十一响礼炮庆祝女王的生日。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

birthday

n. 生日，诞辰；

例句
He threw one of the biggest showbiz bashes of the year as a 36th birthday party for Jerry Hall.
为了庆祝杰里·霍尔的36岁生日，他举办了当年演艺圈最盛大的庆祝宴会。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

honoured

vt. 尊敬（honour的过去式与过去分词形式）；

例句
We were greatly honoured that Sheik Hasina took the trouble to visit us.
谢赫·哈西娜专程前来看望我们，对此我们深感荣幸。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

salute

vt.& vi. 欢迎，致敬；vt. 向…致意，赞扬，赞颂；vi. 致意，打招呼，行

例句
I salute him for the leadership role that he is taking...
我对他发挥的领导作用表示赞扬。