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单词 apian
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Definition of apian in English:

apian

adjective ˈeɪpɪənˈāpēən
  • Relating to bees.

    purple flowers are the most attractive to the apian mind
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Critics borrowed the apian metaphor from Seneca's eighty-fourth letter to Lucilius, ‘On Gathering Ideas.’
    • My bees were living in the very best apian luxury and they refused to come out of the hive to pollinate the flowers in my garden and make honey.
    • Jones also fills the text with knowledgeable references to bee-keeping and the apian colony as utopian ideal.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin apianus, from apis 'bee'.

 
 

Definition of apian in US English:

apian

adjectiveˈāpēən
  • attributive Relating to bees.

    purple flowers are the most attractive to the apian mind
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Critics borrowed the apian metaphor from Seneca's eighty-fourth letter to Lucilius, ‘On Gathering Ideas.’
    • My bees were living in the very best apian luxury and they refused to come out of the hive to pollinate the flowers in my garden and make honey.
    • Jones also fills the text with knowledgeable references to bee-keeping and the apian colony as utopian ideal.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin apianus, from apis ‘bee’.

 
 
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