| 单词 | bee |
| 释义 | bee (once / 231 pages) 1n 2n A bee is a fuzzy, buzzing insect that flies and sometimes stings. Many flower gardens are especially planned to attract bees. Bees have two pairs of wings and a long tongue-like proboscis that's used for collecting nectar from flowers. Bees are vital in the health of many plants, because they help to pollinate them, spreading pollen so they can reproduce and spread. Some bees also make honey. Because bees appear to be constantly moving and buzzing, since the mid-1500's they'e been equated with hard workers, as in the phrases "worker bee" and "busy as a bee." WORD FAMILYbee: bees USAGE EXAMPLESMany studies linked the chemicals to a mysterious collapse of bee colonies that was in the news. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) So let’s add this: “Sting like a bee.” Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Some recipients plan to use funds to explore a variety of interests including cooking, artisan bread-baking, bee keeping, photography and archaeology. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 n any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species 2Hypo|Hyper drone stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen Apis mellifera, honeybeesocial bee often domesticated for the honey it produces carpenter beelarge solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems bumblebee, humblebeerobust hairy social bee of temperate regions cuckoo-bumblebeea bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees andrena, andrenid, mining beea bee that is a member of the genus Andrena Nomia melanderi, alkali beea common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United States leaf-cutter, leaf-cutter bee, leaf-cutting beebee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest mason beeany of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sand potter beesolitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a plant Africanized bee, Africanized honey bee, Apis mellifera adansonii, Apis mellifera scutellata, killer beea strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas German bee, black beedark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin Carniolan beegreyish highly productive European honeybee that has a quiet disposition Italian beeyellowish honeybee resembling the Carniolan bee in its habits hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing n a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions Hypo|Hyper quilting bee a gathering to make quilts cornhusking, husking beea social gathering for the purpose of husking corn social affair, social gathering a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship |
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