| 单词 | apple bee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapple bee apple bee n. (a) English regional (south-western) a wasp (cf. apple-drone n.); (b) U.S. a gathering to share the work of processing apples (see bee n.3). Π 1808 Monthly Mag. 26 421/2 Apple-bee, a wasp. C[ornwall]. 1827 Harvard Reg. Nov. 273 Ebenezer Hodge invited me To help his Dolly at an apple bee. 1909 J. E. Pope in L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Agric. IV. vii. 313 Later came the husking-bee and apple-bee, which afforded good excuse for the young to dance and the old to engage in harmless gossip. 1912 C. Mackenzie Carnival xxxix. 397 It was vain for Thomas to assure her that apple-bees did not sting without provocation. 1964 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 1 Oct. 43/1 One of the American scenes described..is an ‘apple bee’. It was the occasion when housewives gathered to share the work of peeling and coring apples for winter purposes. 1979 N. Rogers Wessex Dial. 72/1 Apple bee, a wasp. A Devonshire word. < as lemmas |
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