mumble-bee

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A kind of small trawling vessel. Devon,historical

词形变化

mumble-bees plural

词源

Origin uncertain; apparently an alteration of bumblebee. According to Wilfrid Granville (A Dictionary of Sailors’ Slang, 1962), “they were modelled on the oyster-fishing boats of the Mumbles district near Swansea”.
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