| 释义 |
sweat bee in American English any of a family (Halictidae) of small bees that usually nest in vertical tunnels in the ground: some species drink animal or human perspiration sweat bee in American Englishnounany of several bees of the family Halictidae that are attracted by perspiration Word origin [1890–95 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: historicism, neoclassicism, phoneme, plein-air, takedown |