bee
US
UK bee n: (stinging insect) (昆虫)
SC 蜜蜂 mì fēng
TC 蜜蜂
TC 蜜蜂
Bees are attracted to sugary drinks.
含糖饮料能吸引蜜蜂。
bee n: US (gathering)
SC 聚会 jù huì
SC 友好比赛
SC 友好比赛
All the ladies from the surrounding farms came for the annual quilting bee.
bee bole n: (hole in wall for bee hive)
SC 蜂洞
bee sting n: (injection of venom by a bee)
SC 蜂蜇伤
Some people are allergic to bee stings.
bee-eater n: (insect-eating bird)
SC 蜂虎，食蜂鸟
the bee's knees n: figurative, informal (superb person, thing)
SC 出类拔萃的人 chū lèi bá cuì de rén
beehive n: (man-made home for bees)
SC 蜂箱 fēng xiāng
SC 人造蜂房 fēng xiāng，rén zào fēng fáng
Farmers rent the beehives to fertilize their fields.
beehive n: (natural bees' nest)
SC 蜂巢 fēng cháo
SC 蜂窝 fēng cháo，fēng wō
There's a beehive in one of my oak trees.
beehive n: figurative (busy place) (比喻)
SC 熙熙攘攘的地方，拥挤喧嚣的地方 xī xī rǎng rǎng de dì fāng，yōng jǐ xuān xiāo de dì fāng
The newsroom's a beehive every afternoon.
beehive n: (1960s high hairstyle) (60 年代发型)
SC 蜂窝状发型
All the women in those old photos had beehives.
bumble n: informal, abbreviation (insect: bumblebee)
SC 大黄蜂 dà huáng fēng
A bumble won't sting you unless you provoke it.
bumblebee n: (winged insect)
SC 大黄蜂 dà huáng fēng
Bumblebees are attracted to brightly-colored flowers.
busy bee n: informal, figurative (very active person) (非正式用语，比喻)
SC 大忙人 dà máng rén
You've cleaned the whole house this morning? What a busy bee you are!
have a bee in your bonnet v expr: figurative, informal (be annoyed, obsessed by [sth])
SC 念念不忘 niàn niàn bú wàng
SC 对...着魔
honey bee n: (honey-producing flying insect)
SC 蜜蜂 mì fēng
TC 蜜蜂
TC 蜜蜂
A mysterious "Colony Collapse Syndrome" is causing honey bees to vanish worldwide.
queen bee n: figurative (woman in powerful position)
SC 大姐头
SC 女强人 nǚ qiáng rén
queen bee n: (female bee that lays eggs)
SC 蜂后 fēng hòu
smoker, bee smoker n: (device for calming bees) (用于驯服蜜蜂)
SC 喷烟器
spelling bee n: US (children's competition to spell words)
SC 拼字比赛 pīn zì bǐ sài
TC 拼字比賽
TC 拼字比賽
Even very young children participate in spelling bees.