bee mother

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A queen bee (perceived as the mother of the hive) rare
    — […] but how much more so when it must be acknowledged, that it is all owing to one female, and that this queen-bee, or bee-mother, alone, has given origin to such an immense progeny?

词形变化

bee mothers plural bee-mother alternative beemother alternative

词源

From bee + mother, possibly as a calque of Old English bēomōdor (“queen bee”).
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