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bee    音標拼音: [b'i]
n. 蜜蜂;怪念頭

蜜蜂;怪念頭

bee
n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and
solitary species
2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold
competitions

Bee \Bee\,
p. p. of {Be}; -- used for been. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Bee \Bee\ (b[=e]), n. [AS. be['o]; akin to D. bij and bije,
Icel. b[=y], Sw. & Dan. bi, OHG. pini, G. biene, and perh.
Ir. beach, Lith. bitis, Skr. bha. [root]97.]
1. (Zool.) An insect of the order {Hymenoptera}, and family
{Apid[ae]} (the honeybees), or family {Andrenid[ae]} (the
solitary bees.) See {Honeybee}.
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Note: There are many genera and species. The common honeybee
({Apis mellifica}) lives in swarms, each of which has
its own queen, its males or drones, and its very
numerous workers, which are barren females. Besides the
{Apis mellifica} there are other species and varieties
of honeybees, as the {Apis ligustica} of Spain and
Italy; the {Apis Indica} of India; the {Apis fasciata}
of Egypt. The {bumblebee} is a species of {Bombus}. The
tropical honeybees belong mostly to {Melipoma} and
{Trigona}.
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2. A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united
labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a
quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee. [U. S.]
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The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
--S. G.
Goodrich.
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3. pl. [Prob. fr. AS. be['a]h ring, fr. b?gan to bend. See
1st {Bow}.] (Naut.) Pieces of hard wood bolted to the
sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays
through; -- called also {bee blocks}.
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{Bee beetle} (Zool.), a beetle ({Trichodes apiarius})
parasitic in beehives.

{Bee bird} (Zool.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the
European flycatcher, and the American kingbird.

{Bee flower} (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus
{Ophrys} ({Ophrys apifera}), whose flowers have some
resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.

{Bee fly} (Zool.), a two winged fly of the family
{Bombyliid[ae]}. Some species, in the larval state, are
parasitic upon bees.

{Bee garden}, a garden or inclosure to set beehives in; an
apiary. --Mortimer.

{Bee glue}, a soft, unctuous matter, with which bees cement
the combs to the hives, and close up the cells; -- called
also {propolis}.

{Bee hawk} (Zool.), the honey buzzard.

{Bee killer} (Zool.), a large two-winged fly of the family
{Asilid[ae]} (esp. {Trupanea apivora}) which feeds upon
the honeybee. See {Robber fly}.

{Bee louse} (Zool.), a minute, wingless, dipterous insect
({Braula c[ae]ca}) parasitic on hive bees.

{Bee martin} (Zool.), the kingbird ({Tyrannus Carolinensis})
which occasionally feeds on bees.

{Bee moth} (Zool.), a moth ({Galleria cereana}) whose
larv[ae] feed on honeycomb, occasioning great damage in
beehives.

{Bee wolf} (Zool.), the larva of the bee beetle. See Illust.
of {Bee beetle}.

{To have a bee in the head} or {To have a bee in the bonnet}.
(a) To be choleric. [Obs.]
(b) To be restless or uneasy. --B. Jonson.
(c) To be full of fancies; to be a little crazy. "She's
whiles crack-brained, and has a bee in her head."
--Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster] beebalm

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "bee":
boutade, bumblebee, conceit, cornhusking, crotchet, drone, fancy,
freak, honeybee, hornet, humor, husking, idea, impulse, megrim,
queen, queen bee, quilting bee, raising bee, vagary, wasp, whim,
worker, yellow jacket

Bee
First mentioned in Deut. 1:44. Swarms of bees, and the danger of
their attacks, are mentioned in Ps. 118:12. Samson found a
"swarm of bees" in the carcass of a lion he had slain (Judg.
14:8). Wild bees are described as laying up honey in woods and
in clefts of rocks (Deut. 32:13; Ps. 81:16). In Isa. 7:18 the
"fly" and the "bee" are personifications of the Egyptians and
Assyrians, the inveterate enemies of Israel.



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