mumble-bee

短语

发音

/ˈmʌmbl̩bi/

词形变化

mumble-bees 复数 mumble-bees

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A kind of small trawling vessel.

    历史

词源

Origin uncertain; apparently an alteration of bumblebee. According to Wilfrid Granville (A Dictionary of Sailors’ Slang, 1962), “they were modelled on the oyster-fishing boats of the Mumbles district near Swansea”.

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