单词 | propolis |
释义 | propolisn. An aromatic reddish substance collected by honeybees from tree buds and bark, consisting of a mixture of tree resins, balsams, and waxes which are altered by the bees' own secretions, esp. saliva and beeswax, and used by them to seal cracks in the hive and varnish the cells of the comb. Also called bee glue. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > propolis or bee-glue bee-glue1598 propolis1601 suburb dross1657 hive-dross1658 glue1694 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xii. 1142 The þridde tyme þey setteþ more gretter matiere and þikke and þat is þe stablement and fastenynge of þe honycombes. And many men clepeþ that matier propolym. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 65 v We haue or nowe made an vnguent to þis entension bi wex, resine, & terbentine, pice..þer, forsoþ, also propoleos [L. populeos; read propuleos]. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 93v (MED) He..leide to his brest þis Cyroyne: R[ecipe] propolios, flour of benys, [etc.]. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 264 In Antiballomenis Græcis, we reed Propolis to be vsed in the steed of Tragopogona, that is Ladanum. 1569 R. Androse tr. ‘Alessio’ 4th Bk. Secretes ii. 28 You may also lay vpon it Propolios by it selfe, and it will much auayle, if the sinewes be vexed with inflammation. 1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale f. 12v Galen dooth teach to take in their rowme, Propolis beeing very new. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 313 But Propolis consisteth of a more solid matter,..and serueth as a good defence against cold, and to stop the passage of waspes and such hurtful creatures as would do iniurie to the bees. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 916 Propolis the Arabians call Kur..the English, Hive-dross. 1717 J. Cooke Mellificium Chirurg. iv. v. 115 ℞..ʒ iii. Propoleos, ʒ vi. Ol.Hyperic. [etc.]. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Bee She began by loosening the straw hive from the board on which it rested, and to which the bees had fastened it with propolis. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. xv. 502 M. Huber ascertained that this substance was actually propolis, collected from the buds of the poplar. 1882 Good Words 23 745 Propolis, an adhesive vegetable secretion, obtained..from various sources, the bud of the chestnut being the chief favorite. 1986 S. Hubbell Country Year Spring 179 As the weather becomes cooler in the autumn, the bees chink up every crack in their hives with propolis. 1991 Choice Jan. 80/4 Your health article about propolis..tempted me to buy some, which I used as a gargle for a very sore throat. Derivatives ˈpropolize v. (a) transitive to cover or fix with propolis; (b) intransitive to produce or use propolis. ΚΠ 1882 J. Dzierzon Dzierzon's rational Bee-keeping 92 The bees propolise every corner of the hive. 1917 E. F. Phillips Beekeeping ix. 203 German bees are especially subject to European foul brood, Carniolans swarm excessively..and Caucasians propolize badly. 2001 Countryside & Small Stock Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 Sept. 74 The feeders are propolized to the hive body and often contain burr comb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1398 |
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