bee

IPA/biː/
KK[bˈi]IPA/biː/

bee — 名詞

  • beesingular
  • beesplural

1. a small flying insect with yellow and black stripes on its body that gathers nec

1.名詞A2
釋義

蜜蜂

會採蜜、會螫人的黃黑色昆蟲

a small flying insect with yellow and black stripes on its body that gathers nectar from flowers, produces honey, and can give a painful sting when it feels threatened.

例句

Élise watched a fat bee crawl across the lavender flowers in her garden.

Élise 看著一隻肥肥的蜜蜂在她花園的薰衣草上爬來爬去。

subject + watch + bee crawl across [flower]

Bees gather pollen from apple blossoms and carry it back to the hive.

蜜蜂從蘋果花上採集花粉，再把花粉帶回蜂巢。

bees gather pollen from [flower]

同義詞
  • honeybee

    specifically the bee species that makes honey kept by beekeepers

  • bumblebee

    a larger, rounder, fuzzier wild bee

文法句型

a/the bee

swarm of bees

用法筆記

Often appears in fixed comparisons and idioms about activity or social organisation (busy as a bee, bee in your bonnet). Plural 'bees' is the default in general statements about the species.

常見錯誤

❌A bee bited me on the arm.
✅A bee stung me on the arm.
💡bees sting; the verb is 'sting / stung', not 'bite'.
❌I saw many bee in the field.
✅I saw many bees in the field.
💡'bee' is countable; use the plural 'bees' after 'many'.

2. an organised gathering where people get together to do shared work, compete at a

2.名詞B2
釋義

聚會；比賽會

美式英語中為共同活動而辦的聚會

an organised gathering where people get together to do shared work, compete at a skill, or enjoy a hobby — common in American community life, for example a spelling bee or a quilting bee.

例句

Gabriel won the school spelling bee after correctly spelling 'rhododendron'.

Gabriel 正確拼出「rhododendron」之後，贏得了學校的拼字比賽。

spelling bee (the most common compound)

The neighbours held a quilting bee on Saturday to finish the baby blanket together.

鄰居們週六辦了一場縫被聚會，一起把嬰兒的小被子做完。

hold a [activity] bee

同義詞
  • gathering

    general term; lacks the work-or-competition flavour of 'bee'

  • contest

    applies to the competitive type (spelling bee) but not to the cooperative type (quilting bee)

文法句型

a [type] bee

hold a bee

用法筆記

Mostly American English, usually appears in compounds: spelling bee, quilting bee, sewing bee, husking bee. The activity word comes directly before 'bee'.

常見錯誤

❌I went to a bee of spelling.
✅I went to a spelling bee.
💡the activity word goes directly before 'bee', no preposition between them.