[N-COUNT 可数名词]蜜蜂 A bee is an insect with a yellow-and-black striped body that makes a buzzing noise as it flies. Bees make honey, and can sting.
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[PHRASE 短语]痴迷于…;对…念念不忘 If you have a bee in your bonnet about something, you are so enthusiastic or worried about it that you keep mentioning it or thinking about it.
[V and bee inflect]
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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[N-COUNT 可数名词](进行缝纫等比赛或集体活动的)聚会 A bee is a social event where people get together for a competition or to do something such as sew.
[usu n N]
[AM 美]
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。
...a group of friends at a quilting bee.
大家缝聚会上的一群好友
Oxford
bee/biː; NAmEbiː/noun1a black and yellow flying insect that can sting. Beeslive in large groups and make honey(= a sweet sticky substance that is good to eat).蜜蜂◆a swarm of bees一群蜜蜂◆a bee sting蜜蜂蜇伤◆Bees were buzzing in the clover.蜜蜂在三叶草丛中嗡嗡作响。☞see also
beehive
(2 ),
beeswax
,
bumblebee
,
queen bee
2( NAmE) a meeting in a group where people combine work, competition and pleasure (集工作、竞赛、娱乐为一体的)聚会◆a sewing bee缝纫友谊赛☞see also
spelling bee
IDIOMSthe ˌbee's ˈknees( informal) an excellent person or thing 出类拔萃的人(或物)◆She thinks she's the bee's knees (= she has a very high opinion of herself).她自以为很了不起。have a ˈbee in your bonnet (about sth)( informal) to think or talk about sth all the time and to think that it is very important 一心想着;念念不忘;总认为很重要☞more at
bird
n.,
busy
adj.beebeesbee/biː; NAmEbiː/
LDC
beebee /biː/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1bee (1)a black and yellow flying insect that makes honey and can sting you: a swarm of bees a bee sting →
bumblebee
2have a bee in your bonnet (about something) informal to think something is so important, so necessary etc that you keep mentioning it or thinking about it: Dad’s got a bee in his bonnet about saving electricity.3sewing/quilting etc bee American English informal an occasion when people, usually women, meet in order to do a particular type of work4a busy bee spoken someone who enjoys being busy or active5be the bee’s knees spoken old-fashioned to be very good: She thought the party was just the bee’s knees. →
spelling bee
, → the birds and the bees
at bird(3)
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