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Bee Bonnet Biː Informal Insect Noun Sting N

The word "bee" refers to an insect that makes honey and can sting, and also to a social gathering for activities like sewing or spelling competitions. Additionally, it can be used in the idiom "have a bee in your bonnet" to describe someone fixated on a particular idea.

The word "bee" refers to an insect that makes honey and can sting, and also to a social gathering for activities like sewing or spelling competitions. Additionally, it can be used in the idiom "have a bee in your bonnet" to describe someone fixated on a particular idea.

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/bi͟ː/
1
[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.
    2
    [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。

    3
    [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 ; NAmE biː / noun 1 a 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
    IDIOMS the 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.
    bee bees
    bee / biː ; NAmE biː /
    LDC
    beebee /biː/ ●●○ noun [countable]
    Word Origin
    Examples
    word sets
    Collocations
    Phrases
    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)
    WDF

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    bees[7197]
    蜜蜂(99%),集会(1%)
    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)

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