honeybee

honeybee — 名詞

1. a flying insect that collects nectar from flowers and lives in a large colony, p

1.名詞B1
釋義

蜜蜂

採花蜜釀蜜的群居昆蟲

a flying insect that collects nectar from flowers and lives in a large colony, producing sweet honey inside its wax hive

例句

Honeybees collect nectar from flowers and turn it into sweet honey inside their hive.

蜜蜂從花朵採集花蜜，在蜂巢內轉化為香甜的蜂蜜。

often plural: honeybees + collect nectar / turn into honey

A honeybee landed on a sunflower and covered its legs with bright yellow pollen.

一隻蜜蜂停在向日葵上，腿上沾滿了鮮黃色的花粉。

同義詞
  • bee

    broader term that includes honeybees, bumblebees, and many other species; less precise

文法句型

countable noun

usually plural when referring to the species as a whole

用法筆記

Often used in the plural form (honeybees) when talking about the species or a group rather than one individual insect. The singular form (a honeybee) usually refers to a specific single insect.

常見錯誤

❌I saw a honey bee in the garden.
✅I saw a honeybee in the garden.
💡The compound word is written as one word, not two separate words.