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honey bee

/huhn-ee-bee/US // ˈhʌn iˌbi //

蜜蜂,蜜蜂窝,蜂蜜蜂,蜂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any bee that collects and stores honey, especially Apis mellifera.

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Examples

  • Ancient Romans exchanged gifts of figs and honey and would make sure to work part of the day as a good omen for the coming year.

  • Maybe our dear bear should sit quietly, not chase piglets and just eat berries and honey.

  • We can thank Lisa Kudrow for the rise of celeb reality TV—Real Housewives, the Kardashians, Honey Boo Boo and its ilk.

  • Still, not everything has been milk and honey when it comes to trans issues in the Holy Land.

  • It features a young girl at a spelling bee who is asked to spell “Hagan.”

  • He had thought what it would be like to be a rich man, and bring a certain girl here for a moon of honey and roses.

  • Thimbletoes doesn't fancy that, you know, because the Prime Minister has all the honey he wants, by way of a salary.

  • About an hour after resuming their walk, the major went off in hot pursuit of an enormous bee, which he saw humming round a bush.

  • He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refuse the evil, and to choose the good.

  • But like the bee, while impelled by an instinct that makes it search for sugar, it sucks in therewith its solid sustenance.