humblebee

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bumblebee. archaic
    — The Fox, the Ape, and the Humble-Bee, Were ſtill at oddes being but three.

词形变化

humblebees plural humble-bee alternative

词源

From Middle English humbul-be, humbulbe, hombul-be, from *humbul (“bumblebee”) + be (“bee”).
See also West Frisian hommel (“bumblebee”), Dutch hommel (“bumblebee”), German Low German Hummel (“bumblebee”), German Hummel (“bumblebee”), Swedish humla (“bumblebee”), Norwegian humle (“bumblebee”); also cognate with Dutch hommelbij (“bumblebee”), Danish humlebi (“bumblebee”). Compare also English humble (“to hum”).
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