n.[C]

1. 蜜蜂，蜂
   He is as busy as a bee.

   他忙得團團轉。

   busy as a bee

   非常忙碌

2. 忙碌的人，勤勞的人
3. （執著的）怪念頭
4. 【美】【口】（為工作，互助或娛樂而舉行的）聚會
   a quilting bee

   婦女們在一起縫棉被的聚會

   spelling bee

   拼字比賽會

n.

1. (also honeybee or hive bee) a stinging social insect which collects nectar and pollen from flowers and produces wax and honey. [Apis mellifera and other species.]
2. an insect of a large group to which the honeybee belongs, including many solitary as well as social kinds. [Superfamily Apoidea.]
3. a meeting for communal work or amusement:
   a sewing bee.