spelling bee

短语

拼字比赛会

词形变化

spelling bees 复数 spelling bees

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A spelling contest or competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell out words (orally, letter by letter); the individual or team spelling the most words correctly wins.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

spelldown

上位词 2

competition contest

词源

From spelling + bee (“get-together, (social) gathering, contest”). (The earliest known evidence of the phrase in print dates back to 1850.)

来源：wiktionary