| 单词 | building bee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbuilding bee building bee n. chiefly North American a social gathering to help erect the framework of a house or barn; = raising bee n.Chiefly historical after the 19th cent. ΚΠ 1843 Sat. Mag. 20 May 186/2 There are ‘logging bees’, ‘chopping-bees’, and ‘raising or building bees’,..each implying an assembly of neighbours meeting to work jointly and simultaneously for a new-comer, in order that he may have a house to live in as soon as possible. 1849 G. F. A. Ruxton Life in Far West 257 A buildin' bee or a raisin' bee is, when they want to set up the frame or the logs of a house or barn. 1976 B. Broadfoot Pioneer Years 330 There will be a building bee at the John Brown place on the Centre Road this Wednesday starting at eight o'clock. 2021 J. I. Little Reading Diaries Henry Trent (e-book ed.) The fact he did not even participate in a building bee (aside from the one for his own barn) is notable. < as lemmas |
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