bee
要点はち
意味
- はち,(特に)みつばち(honeybee)
- 《米話》(趣味・仕事上の)集会,集い
- (親善のための)競技会
- 働き者
例文
The bee flew to the flower and drank the nectar.
蜂は花に飛んで、花蜜を飲んだ。
She knows nothing about the birds and the bees.
彼女はセックスのことをまるで知らない。
I've been as busy as a bee for the past two months.
この2ヶ月間、私はとても忙しかった。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English be, bee, beo, bey, from Old English bēo, bīo (“bee”), from Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic *bijǭ (“bee”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (“bee”). Cognates Cognate with Yola been (“bees”), North Frisian bi (“bee”), West Frisian bij (“bee”), Dutch bij, by (“bee”), German Biene (“bee”), Limburgish Bé, bie (“bee”), Luxembourgish Bei (“bee”), Vilamovian byn (“bee”), West Flemish bieë (“bee”), Yiddish בין (bin, “bee”), Danish and Swedish bi (“bee”), Faroese býfluga (“bee”), Icelandic bý, býfluga (“bee”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk bie (“bee”); also Irish beach, meach (“bee”), Scottish Gaelic beach (“bee; beehive; wasp”), Latin fūcus (“bee”), Latvian…
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