| 释义 |
ˈbee-ˌeater
A genus of birds (Merops) which devour bees and flies, one species of which (M. apiaster) is an occasional visitant to England. Many of the species are brilliantly coloured.
1668Charleton Onomast. 87 Merops..Apiaster, the Bee-eater. 1768Croker, etc. Compl. Dict. II, Merops, the bee-eater..a very beautiful bird, somewhat larger than the common king-fisher. 1877A. B. Edwards Up Nile xxii. 684 The bee-eaters flash like live emeralds across our path. 1896H. A. Bryden Tales S. Afr. vi. 129 Gem-like bee-eaters flashed among the reeds. 1955Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles IV. 43 The European bee-eater and the blue-cheeked bee-eater, which has once wandered to Britain,..have overlapping migration routes in Egypt, Syria and Persia. |