| 单词 | apple-drone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasapple-drone apple-drone n. English regional (south-western) a wasp; cf. apple bee n. (a). ΚΠ 1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Royal Visit Exeter i. 2 Leek bullocks sting'd by appledranes. 1874 W. Cory Let. in J. Drinkwater Muse in Council (1970) 173 To-night we assist a more nimble sort of enemies, ‘apple-drones’, or wasps, close to the stable. 1908 M. P. Willcocks Man of Genius v. 75 Buzz, buzz, buzz, and do nothing all day long, like an apple-drane in a cow-flop. < as lemmas |
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