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     a black and yellow flying insect that can sting (= touch your skin and make you feel a sharp pain).Bees live in large groups and make honey (= a sweet sticky substance that is good to eat).蜜蜂
    • Bees were buzzing in the clover.蜜蜂在三叶草丛中嗡嗡作响。🔊🔊
    • a swarm of bees一群蜜蜂
    • a bee sting蜜蜂蜇伤
    see also beehive, beeswax, bumblebee, honeybee, killer bee, queen bee
    Extra Examples
    • Butterflies, flies and bees pollinate flowers.蝴蝶、苍蝇和蜜蜂都传授花粉。
    • He was stung by thousands of angry bees.他被数千只发怒的蜜蜂蜇了。
    • Lavender attracts bees.熏衣草很招蜜蜂。
    • The bees swarmed around the hive.一群蜜蜂在蜂巢周围飞来飞去。
    Topics Insects, worms, etc.b1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bumble
    • honey
    • killer
    • …
    … of bees
    • swarm
    verb + bee
    • attract
    bee + verb
    • buzz
    • hum
    • sting (somebody)
    • …
    bee + noun
    • hive
    • sting
    • keeper
    • …
    See full entry
  2. (North American English) 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
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • quilting
    • spelling
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginOld English bēo, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bij and German dialect Beie.
Idioms
as busy as a bee
  1. very busy忙得不可开交
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the bee’s knees
  1. (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。🔊🔊
the birds and the bees
  1. (humorous) the basic facts about sex, especially as told to children（尤指跟儿童讲的）性的基本知识
have a bee in your bonnet (about something)
  1. (informal) to think or talk about something all the time and to think that it is very important（认为某事很重要而）念念不忘，老是提起
    • Our teacher has a bee in his bonnet about punctuation.我们的老师没完没了地琢磨着标点符号。