| 单词 | raising bee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasraising bee raising bee n. North American (now historical) a gathering of people to give assistance in raising the framework of a house or barn. ΚΠ 1813 S. Williston Five Disc. on Sabbath 39 It is sinful to order business so as just to get out of the market, the merchant's store, the justice's court,..the raising-bee, [etc.]. 1832 ‘M. Doyle’ Hints on Emigration to Upper Canada 45 This kind of work is called a raising Bee, and in the same way assistance is mutually given in beating out the Indian corn from its husks, in what is called a husking Bee. 1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) vii. ii. 388 ‘Raising bees’ also were frequent. 1900 F. Mather In Louisiana Lowlands 88 It was..somewhat like a ‘raising bee’ in the North, where the neighbors put up a man's house or barn from material already prepared. 2001 Early Amer. Life 1 Dec. 52 They organized raising bees in which many men joined to lift heavy timbers into place. < as lemmas |
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