单词 | bee |
释义 | bee 1 (bē) n. Idiom: 1. Any of numerous winged, hairy-bodied, usually stinging hymenopteran insects of the superfamily Apoidea, including both solitary species and social species such as the honeybees, and characterized by sucking and chewing mouthparts for gathering nectar and pollen. 2. A social gathering where people combine work, competition, and amusement: a quilting bee. a bee in (one's) bonnet 1. An impulse to do something; a notion. 2. An obsession. [Middle English, from Old English bēo; see bhei- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots. Sense 2, perhaps alteration of dialectal bean, voluntary help given to a farmer by his neighbors, from Middle English bene, extra service by a tenant to his lord, from Old English bēn, prayer; see bhā-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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