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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

bee [biː]
  1. 1. noun [c] 蜜蜂
    to have a bee in one's bonnet (about sth)
    总想着(某事)

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

bee [biː]
  1. 1. noun [Person Name] 比,贝
  2. 2. n.[c] 蜂,蜜蜂
    Observe the bees at work in the beehive.
    观察蜂箱工作的蜜蜂
  3. 3. n.[c] 聚会
    She was the first place contestant in the spelling bee.
    她在拼字比赛得了第一名

Collins English-English Dictionary

bee [biː]
  1. 1. n any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, which includes social forms such as the honeybee and solitary forms such as the carpenter bee - See also bumblebee mason bee
  2. 2. n [Etymology] Old English bio; related to Old Norse by, Old High German bia, Dutch bij, Swedish bi
bee [biː]
  1. 1. n a social gathering for a specific purpose, as to carry out a communal task or hold competitions
    quilting bee
  2. 2. n See spelling bee
  3. 3. n [Etymology] C18: perhaps from dialect bean neighbourly help, from Old English ben boon
bee [biː]
  1. 1. n [nautical] a small sheave with one cheek removed and the pulley and other cheek fastened flat to a boom or another spar, used for reeving outhauls or stays
  2. 2. n [Etymology] Old English beag; related to Old High German boug ring, Old Norse bogi a bow

Examples

spelling bee
(小学生的)拼字竞赛
Look how swollen my arm is. Yesterday I was sitting in the garden when I got stung by a bee.
看我胳膊肿的多厉害。昨天我在花园里坐着时,被蜜蜂蜇了一下。
They have a sewing bee every four weeks at the community center.
他们每4周在社区中心举办一次缝纫茶会。
I have a bee in my bonnet about the way she treated me yesterday.
我一直在琢磨她昨天对我的态度。
to have a bee in one's bonnet (about sth)
总想着(某事)

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