| 释义 |
foggie Sc.|ˈfɒgɪ|
Also fogie.
[prob. a use of foggy a., either because the insect inhabits mossy places (Jam.), or because it is clothed with a moss-like covering.]
A kind of humble-bee; = carder 1 b. Also foggie-bee.
1819Blackw. Mag. Sept. 677 Humble bees, of that brown irritable sort called foggies. 1853N. & Q. 1st Ser. VIII. 64/1 Its name among the Scotch peasantry is the fogie-bee. 1856T. Aird Poet. Wks. 130 The mower in the meadow ruffles up The foggie's nest. |