| 单词 | honey-making |
| 释义 | > as lemmashoney-making honey-making n. and adj. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Hony makynge, mellificatio. 1607 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso (new ed.) xxvi. xvi. 207 If you haue seene the hony making Bees..leaue their hiues. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. ix. 191/1 Each other Comb, contained four orders of Cels, the one for Labouring Bees, the next Drones possess; the next for the Issue of the Bees, and the last for Honey making. a1721 M. Prior Poet. Wks. (1784) III. 23 The fertile hills, where..honey-making flow'rs their opening buds disclose. 1882 Bees, Rabbits, & Pigeons v. 57 An early spring, a hot summer, and a late autumn is the best kind of season for honey-making. 1995 F. Inglis Raymond Williams x. 222 Instead of signal-box-keeping, honey-making, dahlia-raising,..and joinery, instead of these literary criticism, political theory. 2012 Noosa (Queensland) News (Nexis) 2 Nov. 14 Honey-making native bees are attracted by gum tree flowers. < as lemmas |
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