apiary

/ˈeɪpiəri/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈeɪpieri/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈā-pē-ˌer-ē -ˌe-rē/ (ame, mw)

apiary — 名詞

  • apiarysingular
  • apiariesplural

1. An area or structure where someone raises and cares for bees, typically with sev

1.名詞B2
釋義

養蜂場

養殖蜜蜂的場地

An area or structure where someone raises and cares for bees, typically with several beehives, in order to collect honey or other products from the colony.

例句

Layla set up an apiary in her backyard so she could harvest her own honey each autumn.

Layla 在後院設立了一個養蜂場，這樣她每年秋天都能採收自己的蜂蜜。

set up an apiary

The local beekeeper visited Haruto's school with a small portable apiary to teach children about pollination.

當地養蜂人帶著一個小型可攜式養蜂場造訪 Haruto 的學校，向孩子們介紹授粉的知識。

同義詞
  • beeyard

    a small apiary near a house or garden, often just a few hives; less formal

  • bee farm

    a larger commercial apiary focused on honey production; more common in everyday speech

文法句型

a/an + apiary

apiary + of + number

用法筆記

Typically used with verbs such as set up, build, or maintain. In everyday conversation, the simpler expression bee farm is sometimes used instead of apiary.

常見錯誤

❌The zoo has an apiary where you can see parrots.
✅The zoo has an aviary where you can see parrots.
💡apiary is for bees, aviary is for birds.
❌He took a single beehive from his apiary.' (correct usage but confusing: beehive not mistake)
✅Better: 'He owns an apiary with fifty hives.
💡a beehive is one hive; apiary is the whole bee-keeping site.