beeline
noun🔊/ˈbiːlaɪn/
🔊/ˈbiːlaɪn/
Word Originearly 19th cent.: with reference to the straight line supposedly taken instinctively by a bee when returning to the hive.
Idioms Idioms
make a beeline for something/somebody
- (informal)
to go straight towards something/somebody as quickly as you can 直奔某物；径直奔向某人 As soon as she arrived at the party, she made a beeline for the food. 到达聚会后，她就排队吃东西了。