bumblebee

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. A mid yellow, sometimes slightly orange.
  3. A layered drink with ice whose main ingredients are orange juice and espresso coffee.

词形变化

bumblebees plural bumble-bee alternative bumble bee alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
American bumblebee buff-tailed bumblebee bumblebee bat bumblebee catfish bumblebee model bumblebee moth common eastern bumblebee cuckoo-bumblebee Cullum's bumblebee early bumblebee forest bumblebee Franklin's bumblebee garden bumblebee great yellow bumblebee heath bumblebee large earth bumblebee large garden bumblebee red-tailed bumblebee short-haired bumblebee small garden bumblebee Sonoran bumble bee white-tailed bumblebee

词源

1520s from bumble + bee, replacing Middle English humbul-be. Merged with Middle English bombeln (“to boom, buzz”), in the late 14th century. The name of the drink is a semantic loan from Ukrainian джміль (džmilʹ).
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