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honeycomb

/huhn-ee-kohm/US // ˈhʌn iˌkoʊm //UK // (ˈhʌnɪˌkəʊm) //

蜂巢,蜂窝状,蜂窝状物,蜂窝状的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
    • : a piece of this containing honey and chewed as a sweet.
    • : anything whose appearance suggests such a structure, especially in containing many small units or holes: The building was a honeycomb of offices and showrooms.
    • : the reticulum of a ruminant.
    • : Textiles. Also called waffle cloth. a fabric with an embossed surface woven in a pattern resembling a honeycomb.the characteristic weave of such a fabric.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the structure or appearance of a honeycomb.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to be full of holes; pierce with many holes or cavities: an old log honeycombed with ant burrows.
    • : to penetrate in all parts: a city honeycombed with vice.

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Examples

  • The school’s modular design resembles a honeycomb, where as few or as many nodes as needed can be linked together.

  • The surface of the cake reinforces its name, with the hexagon pattern of a honeycomb.

  • WaveCel uses a honeycomb structure that both crushes and shears laterally on impact to lessen linear and rotational energy.

  • In case you missed it, the central honeycomb stands for “Value”, which can only be fully achieved when all other surrounding factors are met.

  • They do this by repairing the wax caps on the queens’ cells in the honeycomb.

  • This dish is based on the beautiful white honeycomb tripe, which comes from the second stomach, or the reticulum, of an ox.

  • It was like honeycomb, the cells of which had been sliced by a knife; the shining metal brimmed over in the delicate quartz cells.

  • You must have seen a "cob" of Indian corn some time, with all the flat yellow grains nestling in a honeycomb of little cells.

  • All the wasps which I have hitherto described have their tiers of cells single: now, the honeycomb is invariably double.

  • Johnny started to take an apple out of his pack, then changed his mind and took a piece of honeycomb.

  • The piebald sniffed at the honeycomb, then jerked up its head to watch him suspiciously.