bee
n
1 four-winged insect with a sting, that lives in a colony and collects nectar and pollen from flowers to produce wax and honey 蜜蜂. =>illus 見插圖.
2 (idm 習語) the ,bee's `knees (infml 口) thing that is outstandingly good 出類拔萃之物
She thinks she's the bee's knees, ie has a very high opinion of herself. 她自視甚高. the birds and the bees => bird. busy as a bee => busy. have a `bee in one's bonnet (about sth) (infml 口) have a particular idea which occupies one's thoughts continually 頭腦中總是不斷地想著某一件事
Our teacher has a bee in his bonnet about punctuation. 我們的老師沒完沒了地琢磨著標點符號.
bee n (US) meeting in a group, esp of neighbours and friends, for work or pleasure (尤指鄰居和朋友間為工作或娛樂而舉行的)聚會: a `sewing bee 縫紉會
a `spelling bee 拼字比賽.
?? 考研助記
草地的b像一只在飛的蜜峰
?? 擴展釋義
*[bi:]n. 蜜蜂, 聚會相關詞組: a bee in one's bonnet as busy as a bee put the bee on