skep
/skep/ (bre, ipa) · /skep/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈskep/ (ame, mw)
skep — 名詞
- skepsingular
- skepsplural
1. a traditional domed container for bees, hand-woven from dried plant stalks or th
草編蜂箱
用稻草或柳條編織的傳統圓頂蜂箱
a traditional domed container for bees, hand-woven from dried plant stalks or thin twigs, used before the invention of modern box hives
Old Tom kept three straw skeps behind the stone wall at the farm.
老湯姆在農場石牆後面養著三個稻草編的蜂箱。
collocation: straw skep
The museum displayed a weathered skep that once held a busy colony.
博物館展出一個風化的草編蜂箱，曾經住著滿滿一窩蜜蜂。
Elena learned to weave a skep from dried wheat stalks during the workshop.
艾蓮娜在研習課上學會用乾麥稈編織蜂箱。
Bees poured out of the overturned skep and darkened the summer sky.
蜜蜂從翻倒的蜂箱中湧出，遮黑了夏日的天空。
Grandfather still prefers his old skep to the modern wooden hive boxes.
祖父還是偏愛他的老式草編蜂箱，不願用現代的木製蜂箱。
用法筆記
A skep is a traditional domed beehive woven from plant material, distinct from the rectangular wooden box hives used in modern beekeeping. The word appears mainly in historical writing, museum descriptions, or discussions of heritage crafts.