| 单词 | to ring bees |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ring bees b. transitive. to ring bees: to make a noise with metal utensils in order to try to influence the swarming of bees. Now usually figurative (literary). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [verb (transitive)] > settle by ringing to ring bees1562 ting1623 tinglea1657 tang1881 1562 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tounge (new ed.) ii. vii, in Wks. sig. Hivv She ringth a peale,..suche one, As folke ring bees with basons. 1839 R. Smith Cottagers' Bee-book ii. 33 When your bees swarm, the first thing is to get the key and fire shovel, to ring them. 1881 A. Parker Gloss. Words Oxfordshire (Suppl.) 95 Unless the bees are ‘rung’ it is said that the owner cannot claim them if they settle on another person's premises. 1913 Folk-lore 24 88 I..was awakened quite early one morning by a loud clanging noise. I was told they were ‘ringing the bees’. This was done by beating a fire-shovel with a door key, and was intended to induce the queen bee to settle. 1949 M. Rukeyser Elegies iv. 32 Church-bells..ringing the bees in the hot garden with their mixing sounds. 2004 C. West Rainbringer vi. 94 I pass a spotlit penstemon, whose spiraling bells ring bees. < as lemmas |
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