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单词 beings
释义

bee

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noun (1)

ˈbē How to pronounce bee (audio)
1
: any of numerous hymenopterous insects (superfamily Apoidea) that differ from the related wasps especially in the heavier hairier body and in having sucking as well as chewing mouthparts, that feed on pollen and nectar, and that store both and often also honey see africanized bee, bumblebee, carpenter bee, honeybee, sweat bee
2
: an eccentric notion : fancy
beelike
ˈbē-ˌlīk How to pronounce bee (audio)
adjective

bee

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noun (2)

: the letter b

bee

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noun (3)

: a gathering of people for a specific purpose
a quilting bee

BEE

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abbreviation

bachelor of electrical engineering
Phrases
bee in one's bonnet
: bee entry 1 sense 2

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • caprice
  • crank
  • fancy
  • freak
  • humor
  • kink
  • maggot
  • megrim
  • notion
  • vagary
  • vagrancy
  • whim
  • whimsy
  • whimsey
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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English bēo; akin to Old High German bīa bee, Old Irish bech, Lithuanian bitis

Noun (3)

perhaps from English dialect been help given by neighbors, from Middle English bene prayer, boon, from Old English bēn prayer — more at boon entry 1

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

1769, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

bee

noun

ˈbē How to pronounce bee (audio)
1
: an insect with four wings that is related to the wasps, gathers pollen and nectar from flowers from which it makes beebread and honey for food, and usually lives in large colonies
2
: a gathering of people to do something together or engage in a competition
a spelling bee

Medical Definition

bee

noun

ˈbē How to pronounce bee (audio)
: honeybee
broadly : any of numerous hymenopteran insects (superfamily Apoidea) that differ from the related wasps especially in the heavier hairier body and in having sucking as well as chewing mouthparts, that feed on pollen and nectar, and that store both and often also honey see africanized bee

beings

noun

plural of being
1
as in creatures
a member of the human race no one has the right to enslave another being

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • creatures
  • lives
  • people
  • men
  • things
  • humans
  • guys
  • individuals
  • souls
  • birds
  • mortals
  • bodies
  • human beings
  • personages
  • characters
  • devils
  • fish
  • babies
  • fishes
  • customers
  • sorts
  • personalities
  • specimens
  • eggs
  • ducks
  • parties
  • scouts
  • wights
  • cookies
  • faces
  • fellows
  • bods
  • slobs
  • humanoids
  • hominids
  • selves
  • stiffs
  • heads
  • sons of man
  • fellowmen
  • neighbors
  • brothers
  • homos
  • celebrities
  • brethren
  • somebodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • animals
  • beasts
  • brutes
  • critters
  • beasties
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as in entities
one that has a real and independent existence new parents are typically in awe at having created this separate being

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • entities
  • things
  • objects
  • substances
  • realities
  • individuals
  • existents
  • commodities
  • individualities
  • bodies
  • subjects
  • materials
  • integers
  • matters
  • quantities
  • stuff

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • nonentities
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as in essences
the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is music is such a large part of her being that she could never give up performing

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • essences
  • substances
  • natures
  • souls
  • manifestations
  • spirits
  • quiddities
  • essentialities
  • hearts
  • stuff
  • quintessences
  • incarnations
  • attributes
  • personifications
  • properties
  • aspects
  • centers
  • cores
  • features
  • marrows
  • piths
  • kernels
  • embodiments
  • seats
  • keynotes
  • epitomes
  • nubs
  • gists
  • alpha and omegas
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