bee

• n. 蜜蜂，蜂；勤劳的人
• n. (Bee)人名；(赤几)贝埃；(东南亚国家华语)美；(英)比(女子教名Beatrix和Beatrice的昵称)

可能来自拟声词，模仿蜜蜂嗡嗡叫的声音。

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: [OE] Old English bēo ‘bee’ came from a prehistoric West and North Germanic *bīōn, source also of German biene, Dutch bij, and Swedish bi, which may all be traceable back to an Indo-European base *bhi- ‘quiver’. This, if it is true, means that the bee was originally named as the ‘quivering’, or perhaps ‘humming’ insect. Latin fucus ‘drone’ appears to be related.

bee (n.)

stinging insect, Old English beo "bee," from Proto-Germanic *bion (cognates: Old Norse by, Old High German bia, Middle Dutch bie), possibly from PIE root *bhi- "quiver." Used metaphorically for "busy worker" since 1530s.

Sense of "meeting of neighbors to unite their labor for the benefit of one of their number," 1769, American English, probably is from comparison to the social activity of the insect; this was extended to other senses (such as spelling bee, first attested 1809; Raising-bee (1814) for building construction; also hanging bee "a lynching"). To have a bee in (one's) bonnet (1825), said of one who is harebrained or has an intense new notion or fancy, is said in Jamieson to be Scottish, perhaps from earlier expressions such as head full of bees (1510s), denoting mad mental activity.

When he looked closer he realized it was a huge group of bees.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

Thousands of bees left a town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

Take a weekend break, a day-trip, get out there and do it: for the scenery, for the way through the woods, for the birds, for the bees.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

Moses called two local bee specialists who helped remove the bees by attracting them into a box.

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

I found myself filling my time up with endless work meetings and social events, rushing along as busy as a bee.

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

a swarm of bees

一群蜜蜂

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a bee sting

蜜蜂蜇伤

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Bees were buzzing in the clover.

蜜蜂在三叶草丛中嗡嗡作响。

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a sewing bee

缝纫友谊赛

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She thinks she's the bee's knees (= she has a very high opinion of herself) .

她自以为很了不起。

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That year I won first prize in the spelling bee...

那年，我在单词拼写比赛中得了第一名。

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...a group of friends at a quilting bee.

大家缝聚会上的一群好友

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He's got a bee in his bonnet about factory farming.

他满脑子都是工厂化养殖的事儿。

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Bee stings should be removed with tweezers.

蜜蜂的螫刺应该用小镊子拔出来.

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The bee is covered with yellow dust from the flowers.

蜜蜂全身沾着黄色花粉.

辞典例句

Allergic people shall not take royal jelly, they shall take queen bee placenta.

有过敏体质的人群不宜服用蜂王浆.改服“蜂王胎宝”.

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If you hurt bee, it will sting you.

如果你伤害蜜蜂, 它就会蜇你.

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She has five projects going at once, what a busy bee.

她同时进行五个项目, 好忙啊!

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The boy was stung by a bee.

这个孩子被蜜蜂所螫.

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She sure has a bee in her bonnet today!

她今天的确心情不好!

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You can really jazz up your PC with Bee Icons!

您可以真正的爵士乐了您的PC与蜜蜂的图标!

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Good evening, Brother Bee.

晚上好, 蜜蜂弟弟.

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The bee buzzed its wings.

蜜蜂振翅发出嗡嗡的响声.

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She is as busy as a bee in the morning.

早上她总是忙得团团转.

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New Burt's Bees Baby Bee Bubble Bath. Cleanse and comfort your little bee, naturally!

新品小蜜蜂宝宝泡泡浴. 天然清洁,让您的小蜜蜂舒适干净!

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The bee does all this with a blurred kind of vision.

密蜂做这一切都是在视线模糊不清的情况下进行.

辞典例句

The bee sting swelled up.

被蜜蜂叮的地方肿了起来.

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Pollination for watermelon through bee is the key measure to increase yield and quality.

蜜蜂为西瓜授粉是增加其产量与质量的关键措施.

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Raymond tried to catch the bee, but it got mad and stung him.

雷蒙试著捕捉蜜蜂, 但是蜜蜂恼火地蛰他.

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Good morning, Brother Bee.

早上好, 蜜蜂弟弟.

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The bee makes honey.

蜜蜂酿蜜.

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