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]

常見搭配
  • a swarm of bees
  • a worker bee
  • the queen bee
  • a bee sting
  • bees buzz
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

常見搭配
  • spelling bee
  • quilting bee
  • sewing bee
  • husking 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.
慣用語

as busy as a bee

idiom

extremely busy, moving constantly from one small task to the next without resting.

忙得像隻蜜蜂；忙得團團轉

Since the twins were born, Sora has been as busy as a bee from dawn to bedtime.

Aylin was as busy as a bee in the kitchen, preparing food for thirty guests.

the bee's knees

idiom

an excellent person or thing — something or someone you think is wonderful (informal, slightly old-fashioned).

頂呱呱；超棒的東西或人

Diya thinks her new electric bike is the bee's knees.

Grandpa still says the local bakery's apple pie is the bee's knees.

the birds and the bees

idiom

the basic facts about sex and reproduction, especially as parents explain them to children.

性教育的基本知識（兒童版說法）

Nadia's father finally sat her down and explained the birds and the bees.

Many parents feel awkward when it is time to talk about the birds and the bees with their kids.

have a bee in your bonnet

idiom

to keep thinking or talking about one idea because you believe it is very important, often more important than it really is.

對某事念念不忘；鑽牛角尖

Otis has a bee in his bonnet about cycling to work instead of driving.

Ever since the news report, Joshua has had a bee in his bonnet about food waste.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • bee sting
  • bee keeper
  • bee colony
  • bee hive

常用片語

  • the queen bee
  • busy as a bee

介系詞搭配

  • a swarm of bees
  • stung by a bee