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A bumblebee is a large, round, very hairy bee. Most are black and yellow, sometimes with orange, and they fly with a deep buzz that sounds heavier than a small . They look , dropping onto flowers and crawling about. They nest in holes in the ground, in long grass, or in old bird boxes — not in a big hanging hive. They can sting, but they are usually gentle unless you really bother them. The name comes from the buzzing, way they go. This is the insect; other uses of the spelling are a different story.
熊蜂(不是大黃蜂)
組成bumble (to buzz or boom; also to move in a clumsy humming way) + bee. From the 1520s, replacing Middle English humbul-be, and mixed with older bombeln (“to boom, buzz”).
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bumblebeenoun/ˈbʌmbəlˌbiː/
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Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus.
- The bumblebee's mane glowed in the morning light—each hair sharp and distinct to Eragon—and its blurred wings generated a gentle bombilation, like a tattoo played on a drum. Pollen powdered the bristles on its legs.
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A mid yellow, sometimes slightly orange.
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A layered drink with ice whose main ingredients are orange juice and espresso coffee.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。