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单词 working bee
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Definition of working bee in English:

working bee

noun
Australian, NZ
  • An occasion when volunteers come together to carry out communal work.

    many a working bee was organized to improve the facilities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • "In the early days we used to have working bees almost every week," George said.
    • He continues to organise working bees and raise funds.
    • These shareholder weekends are an occasion for becoming involved in working bees., and for communing with nature and reflecting.
    • It is more difficult to find someone to coach the children's teams, or to turn up for the school working bees on a Saturday morning.
    • A gatekeeper at the ground said working bees used to be held to comb the surface for larger rocks.
    • Weeds have been dealt with in the time-honoured way; a working bee of friends and family with various implements and many hands.
    • If the clean-up was a success, a similar working bee could be held in other parts of Lismore.
    • They have working bees once a month to come and check the chooks are all healthy and fix the fences.
    • To keep the weeds in check, regular monthly working bees are held.
    • We had 11 people here at Saturday's working bee sanding, painting, scrubbing, cleaning, hanging blinds, and moving furniture.
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