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a honeybee
honeybee 是可数名词，指单只蜜蜂时用 a honeybee。
A honeybee landed on the flower.
一只蜜蜂落在花上。
蜜蜂
honeybees — plural of honeybee
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
蜜蜂
a social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
A honeybee landed on the flower.
一只蜜蜂落在花上。
社会性蜜蜂,常被驯养以生产蜂蜜
social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
The honeybee landed on a yellow flower and collected nectar.
蜜蜂落在黄色的花上采蜜。
Beekeepers often wear protective suits when they handle honeybees.
养蜂人在处理蜜蜂时通常会穿防护服。
A single honeybee can visit thousands of flowers in one day.
一只蜜蜂一天能访问数千朵花。
honeybee 是可数名词，指单只蜜蜂时用 a honeybee。
A honeybee landed on the flower.
一只蜜蜂落在花上。
复数 honeybees 常用来泛指蜜蜂这一类昆虫。
Honeybees gather nectar from flowers.
蜜蜂从花上采集花蜜。
honeybee 可作定语修饰名词，如 honeybee population。
The honeybee population is declining.
蜜蜂种群数量正在下降。
Not this
Honeybee is an insect.
Use this
A honeybee is an insect.
英语中可数名词单数不能单独使用，前面需加冠词 a/an 或 the；汉语没有冠词，所以容易漏掉。改为 a honeybee 表示‘一只蜜蜂’。
Not this
There are many honeybee.
Use this
There are many honeybees.
many 后接可数名词复数，honeybee 的复数是 honeybees；汉语名词没有复数变化，所以容易漏掉 -s。
Not this
The honeybee fly from flower to flower.
Use this
The honeybee flies from flower to flower.
主语 The honeybee 是第三人称单数，一般现在时谓语动词要加 -s 变为 flies；汉语动词无词形变化，所以容易漏掉。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
蜜蜂群落
A honeybee colony can contain tens of thousands of workers.
一个蜜蜂群落可包含数万只工蜂。
蜂箱；蜜蜂蜂巢
The beekeeper inspected the honeybee hive for signs of disease.
养蜂人检查蜂箱是否有生病迹象。
蜜蜂授粉
Many crops depend on honeybee pollination for successful yields.
许多作物依靠蜜蜂授粉才能获得好收成。
蜜蜂种群
Honeybee populations have declined sharply in recent decades.
近几十年来蜜蜂种群数量急剧下降。
蜂王
The honeybee queen lays up to two thousand eggs a day.
蜂王每天最多产两千粒卵。
如果蜜蜂灭绝，人类将在四年内灭亡。
This quote, often misattributed to Einstein, warns about the importance of honeybees to the ecosystem.
这句话常被误认为是爱因斯坦所说，旨在警示蜜蜂对生态系统的重要性。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 see, free)
Use honeybees naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：honey(蜂蜜) + bee(蜂)，抱着蜂蜜罐的蜂就是蜜蜂。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、科普文章 honeybee 是普通常用词，通常用于日常对话和科普文章中，正式程度为中性；与 bee 相比，honeybee 更具体指产蜜的蜜蜂。
复数形式为 honeybees。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.