bee
noun [ C ] uk/biː/ us/biː/
(INSECT)
B1 蜜蜂
a yellow and black flying insect that makes honey and can sting you
A swarm of bees flew into the garden. 一群蜜蜂飞进花园。
My arm swelled up where I was stung by a bee. 我手臂上被蜜蜂螫的地方肿了起来。
See also: bumblebee
- More examples
- The bee turns nectar into honey.
- a queen bee
- Do all types of bee sting?
- She keeps bees.
- The bees were starting to swarm.
(GROUP)
US（为从事某一活动而聚在一起的）一小组人
a group of people who come together in order to take part in a particular activity
a sewing bee 缝纫会
a spelling bee 拼写组
Idioms
be (as) busy as a beeidiom 忙得团团转
to be moving about quickly doing many things
be the bee's kneesidiom old-fashioned informal 非常出色，顶尖
to be excellent or of an extremely high standard
Have you tried this ice cream? It's the bee's knees, it really is. 你吃过这种冰激凌吗？这是最好的，真的。
have a bee in your bonnetidiom informal念念不忘；对…入迷，对…着魔
to keep talking about something again and again because you think it is very important
She never stops talking about dieting - she's got a real bee in her bonnet about it. 她不停地谈论节食——她已完全着魔了。