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单词 bee-stung
释义

bee-stung


adjective

having a red and swollen appearance: 1920s flappers with bee-stung lips.

Origin of bee-stung

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby bee-stung

Beer's operation, beer-up, beery, bee's knees, beestings, bee-stung, beeswax, beeswing, beet, beet armyworm, beetfly
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Example sentences from the Web for bee-stung

  • She comes out of it with a violent start, as though she had just been bee-stung.

    Cobb's Bill-of-Fare|Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
  • As though she had been bee-stung, Mittie May flung up her head.

    Sundry Accounts|Irvin S. Cobb
  • He was mollified and won by the big, gentle eyes and that bee-stung upper lip.

    We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
  • As though he had been bee-stung the little man pivoted on his heels.

    Local Color|Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for bee-stung

bee-stung

adjective

(of the lips) pouting and sensuous
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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