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单词 bee-orchis
释义

bee1 /bē/

noun
  1. Any of various four-winged hymenopterous insects, typically making honey and living in social communities
  2. A gathering of persons to unite their labour for the benefit of one individual or family, or for some joint amusement, exercise or competition (as in quilting bee, spelling bee)
  3. A busy person
  4. (usu in pl) a lump of a type of yeast
ORIGIN: OE bēo; Ger Biene

bee balm noun

A species of Monarda or other sweet-smelling plant

beeˈ-bread noun

The pollen and honey mixture fed by bees to their young

beeˈ-eater noun

Any bird of a brightly plumaged family (Meropidae) closely related to the kingfishers, which feed on bees

beeˈ-flower noun

A flower pollinated by bees

bee fly noun

A nectar-eating fly of the Bombyliidae family

beeˈ-glue noun

Propolis

beeˈhive noun

  1. A case or box in which bees are kept, made of straw-work, wood, etc
  2. A place bustling with activity
  3. A beehive hairstyle

adjective

Dome-shaped, like an old-fashioned beehive, as beehive hairstyle, beehive tomb

beeˈ-house noun

beeˈkeeper noun

beeˈkeeping noun

beeˈ-kite noun

The honey buzzard

beeˈline noun

The most direct route from one point to another (esp in make a beeline for below)

beeˈ-master noun

A beekeeper

beeˈ-moth noun

A moth (Aphomia sociella) whose larvae are very destructive to bees’ nests

beeˈ-orchis noun

An orchid of the genus Ophrys, whose flower resembles a bee

beeˈ-skep noun

A beehive, properly of straw

beesting lips or beestung lips plural noun

Pouting lips

beesˈwax noun

  1. The wax secreted by bees and used by them in constructing their cells
  2. This wax as used for various purposes, eg for polish, candles or cosmetics

transitive verb

To polish with beeswax

beesˈwing noun

A filmy crust of tartar formed in port and some other wines after long keeping

beesˈwinged adjective

(of wine) so old as to show beeswing

a bee in one's bonnet

  1. An obsession
  2. A whimsical or crazy fancy on some point

make a beeline for

To take the most direct way towards (like bees to a source of nectar)

the bee's knees (informal)

Someone or something particularly good, admirable, etc

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