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Bee
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(bees) 1. A bee is an insect with a yellow-and-black striped body that makes a buzzing noise as it flies. Bees make honey, and can sting. N-COUNT 2. If you have a bee in your bonnet about something, you are so enthusiastic or worried about it that you keep mentioning it or thinking about it. He’s got a bee in his bonnet about factory farming. PHRASE: V and bee inflect, oft PHR about n 3. A bee is a social event where people get together for a competition or to do something such as sew. (AM) That year I won first prize in the spelling bee... N-COUNT: usu n N
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English beo; akin to Old High German bia ~, Old Irish bech, Lithuanian bitis Date: before 12th century 1. honey~; broadly any of numerous hymenopterous insects (superfamily Apoidea) that differ from the related wasps especially in the heavier hairier body and in having sucking as well as chewing mouthparts, that feed on pollen and nectar, and that store both and often also honey 2. an eccentric notion ; fancy • ~like adjective II. noun Date: 14th century the letter b III. noun Etymology: perhaps from English dialect ~n help given by neighbors, from Middle English bene prayer, boon, from Old English ben prayer — more at boon Date: 1769 a gathering of people for a specific purpose a quilting ~ BEE abbreviation bachelor of electrical engineering ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 any four-winged insect of the superfamily Apoidea which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives in large communities. 2 any insect of a similar type. 3 (usu. busy bee) a busy person. 4 esp. US a meeting for communal work or amusement. Phrases and idioms bee-bread honey or pollen used as food by bees. bee dance a dance performed by worker bees to inform the colony of the location of food. bee-eater any bright-plumaged insect-eating bird of the family Meropidae with a long slender curved bill. a bee in one's bonnet an obsession. bee-keeper a keeper of bees. bee-keeping the occupation of keeping bees. bee-master a bee-keeper. bee orchid a kind of European orchid, Ophrys apifera, with bee-shaped flowers. the bee's knees sl. something outstandingly good (thinks he's the bee's knees). Etymology: OE beo f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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пчела; пчела (Apis) – andrenid bees – bifid-tongued bees – bumble bee – burrowing bees – carder bee – carpenter bee – cleaning bee – colletid bees – common carder bee – cuckoo bee – Cyprian honey bee – digger bees – dwarf bee – female bee – field bee – flower bee – foraging bee – German honey bee – giant Indian bee – Greek honey bee – guard bee – hairy-flower bees – hairy-legged bee – halictid bees – hive bee – homeless bee – honey bee – honey-laden bee – Indian bee – Italian bee – large carpenter bee – leaf-cutting bee – male bee – masked bees – mason bee – melittid bees – mining bees – monotropic bee – nurse bee – obtuse-tongued bees – plumed bees – potter flower bees – queen bee – scout bee – small carpenter bee – solitary bee – stingless bee – sweat bee – true bees – violet carpenter bee – wall bee – working bee – yellow-faced bees ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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бакалавр электротехники Сокращение от Bachelor of Electrical Engineering. Ставится после фамилии, пишется также B. E. E. ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. энт. пчела (Apis mellifera) female (queen) bee —- пчелиная матка working bee —- пчела-работница bee escape —- с-х. уход роя (из улья) bee pasture —- медоносная площадь bee veil —- покрывало или сетка от пчел bee venom —- пчелиный яд bees transferring —- перегон пчел (в новый улей) 2. ам. помощь соседям; совместная работа или развлечения spinning bee —- помощь соседям в прядении 3. неодобр. действия скопом hanging bee —- толпа вешателей 4. конкурс spelling bee —- школьный конкурс на знание орфографии Id: the bee's knees —- сл. величина, шишка (о человеке); уникум Id: busy as a bee —- очень занятой; трудолюбивый; работяга Id: a bee in one's bonnet (head) —- причуда; помешательство (на чем-л.); не все дома; тайный умысел Id: to have bees in the head —- быть фантазером, чудаком; тронуться Id: to put the bee on smb. —- ам. сл. просить денег взаймы, выпрашивать что-л. у кого-л. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) пчела; fig. трудолюбивый человек 2) встреча соседей, друзей и т.п. для совместной работы и взаимопомощи (тж. для спортивных соревнований и гулянья) to have a bee in ones bonnet coll. - а) быть с причудами; б) быть помешанным на чем-л. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a black and yellow flying insect with a round body that makes honey (1) and can sting you (a swarm of bees) (- see also bumblebee) 2 a busy bee spoken someone who enjoys being busy or active 3 have a bee in your bonnet informal to think something is so important, so necessary etc that you keep mentioning it or thinking about it (Dad's got a bee in his bonnet about saving electricity.) 4 think you're the bee's knees BrE spoken used to describe someone who thinks they are very clever, very good at something etc (She thinks she's the bee's knees around here.) 5 working/sewing etc bee AmE informal an occasion when people, usually women, meet in order to do a particular type of work (- see also spelling bee, the birds and the bees bird (3)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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environ. abbr. Better Environment Endeavour environ. abbr. Bicycle For Everyones Earth airport code Beagle Bay, Western Australia, Australia funny abbr. Beer Every End softw. abbr. Biggascale Emulation Engine educ. abbr. Books Each And Everyday educ. abbr. Business Electronic Education educ. abbr. Bring Everything Everyday fam. abbr. Bjorn Erik Edvardsen religion abbr. Becoming Engaged Everywhere gen. bus. abbr. Black Empowered Enterprises firm name abbr. Bangor Electronic Engineering ...English abbreviation dictionary
Английский словарь американских идиом
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- O.E. beo, from P.Gmc. *bion, possibly from PIE base *bhi- "quiver." In Amer.Eng., 18c., also "meeting of neighbors to unite their labor for the benefit of one of their number," extended to other senses (spelling bee, first attested 1809). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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