humblebee

n. (=bumblebee)大黄蜂, 土蜂

词形变化

humblebees 复数 humblebees

别名

humble-bee

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bumblebee.

    废旧

    1800's, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Humblebee Burly, dozing humblebee, Where thou art is clime for me.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

bumblebee

上位词 1

bee

词源

From Middle English humbul-be, humbulbe, hombul-be, from *humbul (“bumblebee”) + be (“bee”). See also West Frisian hommel (“bumblebee”), Dutch hommel (“bumblebee”), German Low German Hummel (“bumblebee”), German Hummel (“bumblebee”), Swedish humla (“bumblebee”), Norwegian humle (“bumblebee”); also cognate with Dutch hommelbij (“bumblebee”), Danish humlebi (“bumblebee”). Compare also English humble (“to hum”).

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