单词 | drumble bee |
释义 | > as lemmasdrumble bee drumble bee n. Brit. /ˈdrʌmbl biː/ , U.S. /ˈdrəmb(ə)l ˌbi/ [perhaps as alteration of bumblebee n.] now rare a bumblebee.figurative in earliest use.ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > member of family Bombidae (bumble-bee) dora700 humble-beea1450 bumblebee1530 drumble bee1592 bumble1599 grumbledory1600 bumbee1605 bumbarda1614 dumbledore1787 foggie1819 bummer1822 bumbler1825 drumble drone1855 drumble-dore1881 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. G4v This indigested Chaos of Doctourship, and greedy pothunter after applause, is..the droane of droanes, and maister drumble-bee of non proficients. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F3v Your fly in a boxe is but a drumble-bee in comparison of it. 1893 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 12 Nov. 18/5 Just look at that drumble bee. What a lovely band of yellow round him. 1903 Smart Set Feb. 28/2 A bedraggled, dew-drenched ‘drumble’ bee, driven far from home by adverse fate, faint with hunger. < as lemmas |
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