Definition of honeycomb in English:
honeycomb
noun ˈhʌnɪkəʊmˈhəniˌkoʊm
1A structure of hexagonal cells of wax, made by bees to store honey and eggs.
蜂巢，蜂房，蜂窝- The surplus is stored away in the honeycomb to sustain the bees throughout the flowerless months of autumn and winter.
- It all has to be painstakingly removed from the honeycomb.
- This mesh looks a bit like a honeycomb, with spaces between the different parts.
- The buffet breakfast provides an extensive choice including enjoyably creamy scrambled eggs and home-produced honey still clinging to its honeycomb.
- He believes nature is the best designer and that its secret lies in simple shapes and components, such as the snowflake or the honeycomb, which are repeated again and again, all around us.
- To serve, place a piece of the honeycomb in the center of a plate, set a pear on top and place a quenelle of ice cream to one side.
- Using a method thousands of years old, he takes the honeycomb from swarming, bee-infested hives, and believe it or not, he does it with just his bare hands.
- Through his discussions with Réaumur, König was led to publish a work on the structure of honeycombs.
- Then a fire is lit at the base of the cliff to smoke the bees from their honeycombs.
- During this period, various enzymes combine to form honey, which is then spread out evenly throughout the honeycombs.
- Once the bee has made it home again, it barfs up the half-digested nectar and stores it in honeycombs.
- Other topics which Maclaurin wrote on were the annular eclipse of the sun in 1737 and the structure of bees' honeycombs.
- To identify the location of a food source too distant from the hive to be smelled or seen by the other bees, the scout does a dance on the honeycomb inside the hive.
- Sometimes she brought home honeycomb, dripping with sweet golden stickiness, gained by climbing the hollow tree and raking it out of the hive, risking the wild bees' anger.
- Beeswax is taken from honeycomb.
- Next we could pose for a picture while holding a honeycomb full of bees.
- The very young bees make the wax for the honeycomb.
- The bee's honeycombs, pristine hexagons, are symmetrical over several axes.
- Once the honey is gooey enough, the bees seal off the cell of the honeycomb with a plug of wax.
- The nectar is greatly concentrated and stored in wax cells, thousands of which form the honeycomb.
2A structure of adjoining cavities or cells.
蜂窝状结构a honeycomb of caves蜂窝状洞穴。
- In addition, the upper and lower sections of the front grille have a honeycomb mesh.
- Somewhere in the descending darkness was a honeycomb of seemingly endless caverns, some as big as two kilometers across.
- There's a circle of 15 chairs by the windows, away from the honeycomb of cubicles.
- Crossing the storage lot at the Port of Richmond, Marty Moynihan stopped his car beside a massive honeycomb of black pipes.
- With its honeycomb of medieval streets, the centre of York has struggled to come to terms with growth of motor traffic over the last 50 years.
- The resulting mineral construction contained a honeycomb of tiny compartments.
- The foam has a honeycomb structure and is completely recyclable.
- ‘When councillors sit in there, they may well be unaware they are surrounded by a honeycomb of passageways,’ said Matthew Stephenson from Yorkwalk.
- This man-made labyrinth, constructed on a variety of levels, combines intimately with the rock's own vast natural system of fissures, tunnels and caverns to form a veritable honeycomb inside it.
- One entire wall was a wine rack, a giant honeycomb of clay-colored octagonal cubbies.
- There's an underground honeycomb of meditation cells, where incense drifts through the darkness.
- He studied the crystal structure of snowflakes and the honeycomb structure of cork.
- A spin-off company is expected to market the technology and to produce the structural honeycomb products.
- The rock was pitted with a honeycomb of caves, each formerly the cell of a Byzantine monk.
- The steel insert actually has a honeycomb structure that is covered by the polymer.
- The new call for unity and stability accompanied measures to improve China's defence, of which the most dramatic was the campaign to dig a huge honeycomb of air raid shelters beneath the cities.
- You can see it's like a honeycomb structure in which the material is in between the two composite layers.
- The whole place stank of sulphur and the terrain, full of rocky ridges, caves, and deep ravines, was a honeycomb of concrete and steel.
- As the living coral grows out from the reef, it leaves behind a honeycomb structure that slowly fills with sand and debris, compacting over time to form solid rock.
- We've looked at the honeycomb material that the aircraft industry likes, which is half the weight of wood but 16 times the cost of wood.
- These features included the mile-long network of galleries that lined the rock and the honeycomb of tunnels that afforded the garrison protection and access to all points of the compass from which they might be threatened.
- 2.1 A mass of cavities produced by corrosion or dissolution.（侵蚀或分解而形成）蜂窝状洞穴as modifier honeycomb weathering
蜂窝状风化。
- They have eaten through the plaster itself to the point where it is no more than a rotting honeycomb, a huge housing system for an entire ecosystem of bugs.
- Sometimes the entire face of the stone can be lost leaving a honeycomb of cement mortar standing proud, forming a water trap and increasing the risk of frost damage.
- The lumps are a result of the interaction of the bacteria dissolving the bone, and the bone trying to repair itself, leaving a honeycomb effect.
- 2.2 A raised hexagonal or cellular pattern on a fabric.（织物）蜂巢形图案
- The honeycomb texture is recessed rather than raised, and is available in a wide range of colours from rich vibrant reds, yellows, oranges, blues and greens to more unexpected pastel shades.
- One of the throw pillows had a honeycomb pattern that made me dizzy.
- Honeycomb fabric is distinguished by the honeycomb or waffle patterns on the surface of the fabric.
- The final winner was Eriskay fabric, a worsted material with an unusual honeycomb texture, designed by Catherine Murray from Bute Fabrics.
3also honeycomb toffeeBritish mass noun A sweet food with a crisp bubbly texture, typically made by boiling together sugar, golden syrup, water, and bicarbonate of soda.
chocolate crepes topped with crunchy honeycomb- The dessert was a Belgian chocolate pot, served with pistachio nuts, salted caramel, and honeycomb, having a Christmas look and feel to it.
- A sweet treat that the whole family will enjoy, this delicious honeycomb will also make a lovely present, wrapped in cellophane
- This cookbook covers the full spectrum of treats: indulgent Belgian Chocolate Mousse with Honeycomb, Orange and Passion Fruit Trifle, and Honey Creme Brulee.
- She was making milk ice cream with honeycomb pieces, pickled blackberries, blackberry gel, lavender flowers and hazelnut dust.
- For maple syrup honeycomb, her formula is 250 grams maple syrup + 165 grams glucose syrup + 50 grams sugar that she heats to 151C, then beats in 13 grams baking soda.
- Ray made caramelised apple Napoleon, with frangipani, a scoop of malt ice cream which had been rolled in honeycomb, and apple pudding.
4mass noun Tripe from the second stomach of a ruminant.
牛（或羊）肚（反刍动物第二胃做成的食品）- Tripe comes in four types; the fat part of the first belly and three different section of honeycomb from the second stomach.
verb ˈhʌnɪkəʊmˈhəniˌkoʊm
[with object]1Fill with cavities or tunnels.
使成蜂窝状（充满洞穴或隧道）whole hillsides were honeycombed with mines整个山坡被矿井破坏成蜂窝状。
- He said US forces would move to other parts of a region honeycombed with caves and tunnels that could hide terrorists or guns and explosives.
- The government has honeycombed mountains with thousands of miles of virtually unused highways.
- Around these the exterior walls and towers are honeycombed with passages, stairs, chambers, and services.
- The sides were honeycombed with passages that contained the lairs of the dragons.
- ‘Finally woken up,’ said the old cleaner as he emerged from one of the many passages honeycombing the sides of the cave.
- Despite previous American searches of the area around the Shah-e-Kot valley, it is still honeycombed with caves, bunkers and hideouts that have not been searched.
- Ultimately, Green Hill became honeycombed with mine workings and covered in dumps.
- I crawled around one of the thousands of tunnels honeycombing the island, then I returned to the squadron.
- The swift water cuts steep banks in the tough, resilient sod, and the mossy sides of this miniature canyon are honeycombed with mouse-sized holes.
- The island, itself, is honeycombed with tunnels.
- The Loess Plateau in Shaanxi is honeycombed with caves.
- A site near the town is honeycombed with caves containing ancient Buddhist art.
- They hurriedly set about constructing fortified positions in the sewers, cellars and vaults which honeycombed the entire ghetto.
- Another method is to honeycomb the building with internal walls.
- The building will be honeycombed with courtyards, which will be planted with trees and shrubs, and there will be disabled access throughout.
- The ground beneath the abbey was honeycombed with a series of caves that became the scene of countless orgies and unspeakable rituals.
- He said: ‘The area is honeycombed with alleyways which make easy getaways for criminals and there are a worrying number of burglaries around them and all sorts of other problems.’
- It still had a functional role in WW II, when the cliffs on which it stood were honeycombed with tunnels.
- 1.1 Infiltrate and undermine.〈喻〉腐蚀their men honeycombed the army
他们的人腐蚀了军队。
- But it is not as evident as many news stories imply and all too many people suspect that the Archdiocese of Boston, or the Catholic Church, is honeycombed with pedophiles.
- They are honeycombed with Socialists - probably with Communists.
- They honeycombed the State Department and the Office of Strategic Services.
Origin
Old English hunigcamb (see honey, comb).
Definition of honeycomb in US English:
honeycomb
nounˈhəniˌkoʊmˈhənēˌkōm
1A structure of hexagonal cells of wax, made by bees to store honey and eggs.
蜂巢，蜂房，蜂窝- The very young bees make the wax for the honeycomb.
- It all has to be painstakingly removed from the honeycomb.
- Sometimes she brought home honeycomb, dripping with sweet golden stickiness, gained by climbing the hollow tree and raking it out of the hive, risking the wild bees' anger.
- The bee's honeycombs, pristine hexagons, are symmetrical over several axes.
- Using a method thousands of years old, he takes the honeycomb from swarming, bee-infested hives, and believe it or not, he does it with just his bare hands.
- To serve, place a piece of the honeycomb in the center of a plate, set a pear on top and place a quenelle of ice cream to one side.
- During this period, various enzymes combine to form honey, which is then spread out evenly throughout the honeycombs.
- This mesh looks a bit like a honeycomb, with spaces between the different parts.
- To identify the location of a food source too distant from the hive to be smelled or seen by the other bees, the scout does a dance on the honeycomb inside the hive.
- Once the honey is gooey enough, the bees seal off the cell of the honeycomb with a plug of wax.
- The nectar is greatly concentrated and stored in wax cells, thousands of which form the honeycomb.
- The surplus is stored away in the honeycomb to sustain the bees throughout the flowerless months of autumn and winter.
- Other topics which Maclaurin wrote on were the annular eclipse of the sun in 1737 and the structure of bees' honeycombs.
- Beeswax is taken from honeycomb.
- Once the bee has made it home again, it barfs up the half-digested nectar and stores it in honeycombs.
- The buffet breakfast provides an extensive choice including enjoyably creamy scrambled eggs and home-produced honey still clinging to its honeycomb.
- Then a fire is lit at the base of the cliff to smoke the bees from their honeycombs.
- Next we could pose for a picture while holding a honeycomb full of bees.
- Through his discussions with Réaumur, König was led to publish a work on the structure of honeycombs.
- He believes nature is the best designer and that its secret lies in simple shapes and components, such as the snowflake or the honeycomb, which are repeated again and again, all around us.
2A structure of adjoining cavities or cells.
蜂窝状结构a honeycomb of caves蜂窝状洞穴。
- The foam has a honeycomb structure and is completely recyclable.
- The resulting mineral construction contained a honeycomb of tiny compartments.
- As the living coral grows out from the reef, it leaves behind a honeycomb structure that slowly fills with sand and debris, compacting over time to form solid rock.
- The whole place stank of sulphur and the terrain, full of rocky ridges, caves, and deep ravines, was a honeycomb of concrete and steel.
- One entire wall was a wine rack, a giant honeycomb of clay-colored octagonal cubbies.
- You can see it's like a honeycomb structure in which the material is in between the two composite layers.
- ‘When councillors sit in there, they may well be unaware they are surrounded by a honeycomb of passageways,’ said Matthew Stephenson from Yorkwalk.
- With its honeycomb of medieval streets, the centre of York has struggled to come to terms with growth of motor traffic over the last 50 years.
- There's an underground honeycomb of meditation cells, where incense drifts through the darkness.
- Somewhere in the descending darkness was a honeycomb of seemingly endless caverns, some as big as two kilometers across.
- The rock was pitted with a honeycomb of caves, each formerly the cell of a Byzantine monk.
- In addition, the upper and lower sections of the front grille have a honeycomb mesh.
- The new call for unity and stability accompanied measures to improve China's defence, of which the most dramatic was the campaign to dig a huge honeycomb of air raid shelters beneath the cities.
- We've looked at the honeycomb material that the aircraft industry likes, which is half the weight of wood but 16 times the cost of wood.
- The steel insert actually has a honeycomb structure that is covered by the polymer.
- This man-made labyrinth, constructed on a variety of levels, combines intimately with the rock's own vast natural system of fissures, tunnels and caverns to form a veritable honeycomb inside it.
- There's a circle of 15 chairs by the windows, away from the honeycomb of cubicles.
- He studied the crystal structure of snowflakes and the honeycomb structure of cork.
- These features included the mile-long network of galleries that lined the rock and the honeycomb of tunnels that afforded the garrison protection and access to all points of the compass from which they might be threatened.
- Crossing the storage lot at the Port of Richmond, Marty Moynihan stopped his car beside a massive honeycomb of black pipes.
- A spin-off company is expected to market the technology and to produce the structural honeycomb products.
- 2.1 A mass of cavities produced by corrosion or dissolution.（侵蚀或分解而形成）蜂窝状洞穴as modifier honeycomb weathering
蜂窝状风化。
- They have eaten through the plaster itself to the point where it is no more than a rotting honeycomb, a huge housing system for an entire ecosystem of bugs.
- Sometimes the entire face of the stone can be lost leaving a honeycomb of cement mortar standing proud, forming a water trap and increasing the risk of frost damage.
- The lumps are a result of the interaction of the bacteria dissolving the bone, and the bone trying to repair itself, leaving a honeycomb effect.
- 2.2 A raised hexagonal or cellular pattern on the face of a fabric.（织物）蜂巢形图案
- The honeycomb texture is recessed rather than raised, and is available in a wide range of colours from rich vibrant reds, yellows, oranges, blues and greens to more unexpected pastel shades.
- Honeycomb fabric is distinguished by the honeycomb or waffle patterns on the surface of the fabric.
- The final winner was Eriskay fabric, a worsted material with an unusual honeycomb texture, designed by Catherine Murray from Bute Fabrics.
- One of the throw pillows had a honeycomb pattern that made me dizzy.
3Tripe from the second stomach of a ruminant.
牛（或羊）肚（反刍动物第二胃做成的食品）- Tripe comes in four types; the fat part of the first belly and three different section of honeycomb from the second stomach.
verbˈhəniˌkoʊmˈhənēˌkōm
[with object]1Fill with cavities or tunnels.
使成蜂窝状（充满洞穴或隧道）whole hillsides were honeycombed with mines整个山坡被矿井破坏成蜂窝状。
- It still had a functional role in WW II, when the cliffs on which it stood were honeycombed with tunnels.
- The building will be honeycombed with courtyards, which will be planted with trees and shrubs, and there will be disabled access throughout.
- He said: ‘The area is honeycombed with alleyways which make easy getaways for criminals and there are a worrying number of burglaries around them and all sorts of other problems.’
- Ultimately, Green Hill became honeycombed with mine workings and covered in dumps.
- Despite previous American searches of the area around the Shah-e-Kot valley, it is still honeycombed with caves, bunkers and hideouts that have not been searched.
- Another method is to honeycomb the building with internal walls.
- A site near the town is honeycombed with caves containing ancient Buddhist art.
- ‘Finally woken up,’ said the old cleaner as he emerged from one of the many passages honeycombing the sides of the cave.
- The Loess Plateau in Shaanxi is honeycombed with caves.
- Around these the exterior walls and towers are honeycombed with passages, stairs, chambers, and services.
- The government has honeycombed mountains with thousands of miles of virtually unused highways.
- I crawled around one of the thousands of tunnels honeycombing the island, then I returned to the squadron.
- The sides were honeycombed with passages that contained the lairs of the dragons.
- The ground beneath the abbey was honeycombed with a series of caves that became the scene of countless orgies and unspeakable rituals.
- The swift water cuts steep banks in the tough, resilient sod, and the mossy sides of this miniature canyon are honeycombed with mouse-sized holes.
- They hurriedly set about constructing fortified positions in the sewers, cellars and vaults which honeycombed the entire ghetto.
- The island, itself, is honeycombed with tunnels.
- He said US forces would move to other parts of a region honeycombed with caves and tunnels that could hide terrorists or guns and explosives.
- 1.1 Infiltrate and undermine.〈喻〉腐蚀their men honeycombed the army
他们的人腐蚀了军队。
- But it is not as evident as many news stories imply and all too many people suspect that the Archdiocese of Boston, or the Catholic Church, is honeycombed with pedophiles.
- They honeycombed the State Department and the Office of Strategic Services.
- They are honeycombed with Socialists - probably with Communists.
Origin
Old English hunigcamb (see honey, comb).