QUEEN BEE

Meaning of QUEEN BEE in English

1. a fertile female bee. See illus. under bee .

2. a woman who is in a favored or preeminent position.

[ 1600-10 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

QUEEN BEE — noun 1. : the fertile fully developed female of a social bee (as the honeybee) — compare queen 6 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUEEN BEE — n. adult fertile female bee; (Slang) woman who has a controlling position; (Informal) girl or woman who is important
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
QUEEN BEE — ■ noun 1》 the single reproductive female in a colony of honeybees. 2》 informal a woman with a dominant or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
QUEEN BEE — noun 1. a female bee that produces eggs for the whole group of bees in a hive —compare drone , …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUEEN BEE — пчелиная матка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUEEN-BEE — пчелиная матка (ироничное) первая дама
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUEEN-BEE — Королева
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
QUEEN-BEE — Дамка
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
QUEEN-BEE — n 1. пчелиная матка 2. ирон. первая дама
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
QUEEN BEE — (n) первая дама; пчелиная матка
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
QUEEN-BEE — n 1. пчелиная матка 2. ирон. первая дама
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
QUEEN-BEE — n 1. пчелиная матка 2. ирон. первая дама
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
QUEEN BEE — матка
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
QUEEN BEE — матка
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
QUEEN-BEE — пчелиная матка (ироничное) первая дама
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUEEN BEE — пчелиная матка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEE — Any of some 20,000 insect species belonging to the superfamily Apoidea (order Hymenoptera), including the familiar bumblebee . Adults range …
Английский словарь Британика
QUEEN — I. ˈkwēn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English quen, quene, from Old English cwēn woman, wife, queen; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEE — I. ˈbē noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bēo; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEE — (n.) A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
BEE — ( n. ) A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUEEN — — queenless , adj. — queenlike , adj. /kween/ , n. 1. a female sovereign or monarch. 2. the wife …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEE — bee 1 — beelike , adj. /bee/ , n. 1. any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEE — n. type of flying insect; gathering for the purpose of carrying out a certain task (quilting bee, spelling bee, etc.)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
QUEEN — I. ˈkwēn noun Etymology: Middle English quene, from Old English cwēn woman, wife, queen; akin to Gothic qens wife, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEE — I. ˈbē noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bēo; akin to Old High German bīa bee, Old Irish bech, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUEEN — noun the wife of a king. 2. queen ·vi to act the part of a queen. 3. queen ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
BEE — p.p. of be; used for been. 2. bee ·noun pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the …
Webster English vocab
QUEEN — [queen] n [ME quene, fr. OE cwen woman, wife, queen; akin to Goth qens wife, Gk gyne woman, Skt jani] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEE — [bee] n [ME, fr. OE beo; akin to OHG bia bee, OIr bech, Lith bitis] (bef. 12c) 1: honeybee; broadly: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
QUEEN — British rock band whose fusion of heavy metal, glam rock, and camp theatrics made it one of the most popular …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUEEN — queen, Queen BrE AmE kwiːn ▷ queened kwiːnd ▷ queening ˈkwiːn ɪŋ ▷ queens kwiːnz ▶ ₍ˌ₎ Queen ˈ Anne …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BEE — bee BrE AmE biː ▷ bees, bee's biːz ▶ ˌ bee's ˈ knees ▶ ˈ bee sting
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
QUEEN — / kwiːn; NAmE / noun FEMALE RULER 1. the female ruler of an independent state that has a royal family …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEE — / biː; NAmE / noun 1. a black and yellow flying insect that can sting. Bees live in large groups …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUEEN — I. queen 1 S2 W2 /kwiːn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cwen 'woman, queen' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUEEN — I. Queen BrE AmE a British ROCK GROUP who were very popular in the 1970s and 1980s, and whose songs …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BEE — bee /biː/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: beo ] 1 . a black and yellow …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUEEN — n. & v. --n. 1 (as a title usu. Queen) a female sovereign etc., esp. the hereditary ruler of an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BEE — n. 1 any four-winged insect of the superfamily Apoidea which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUEEN — n. & v. n. 1 (as a title usu. Queen) a female sovereign etc., esp. the hereditary ruler of an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEE — n. 1 any four-winged insect of the superfamily Apoidea which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUEEN — n. & v. --n. 1. (as a title usu. Queen) a female sovereign etc., esp. the hereditary ruler of an …
Oxford English vocab
BEE — n.1 any four-winged insect of the superfamily Apoidea which collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives in …
Oxford English vocab
QUEEN — ( queens) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A queen is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEE — ( bees) 1. A bee is an insect with a yellow-and-black striped body that makes a buzzing noise as it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUEEN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bee sting ▪ a bee sting spelling bee COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE africanized ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
QUEEN — (WOMAN) [noun] [C] - a woman who rules a country because she has been born into a royal family, or …
Cambridge English vocab
BEE — (INSECT) [noun] [C] - a flying insect which has a yellow and black body and four transparent wings. There are …
Cambridge English vocab
BEE — n. Any of some 20,000 insect species belonging to the superfamily Apoidea (order Hymenoptera), including the familiar bumblebee . Adults …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
QUEEN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEE — Synonyms and related words : boutade, bumblebee, conceit, cornhusking, crotchet, drone, fancy, freak, honeybee, hornet, humor, husking, idea, impulse, megrim, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
QUEEN — noun 1 female ruler/wife of a king ADJECTIVE ▪ rightful ▪ future ▪ homecoming , prom (both AmE ) ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BEE — noun 1 flying insect ADJECTIVE ▪ bumble (usually bumblebee ) , honey , killer ▪ queen , worker ▪ angry …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
QUEEN — n. 1 sovereign, monarch, ruler; empress; queen consort; queen mother; queen dowager She was absolutely thrilled when she was invited …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BEE — (deborah). (1:44; Judges 14:8; Psalms 118:12; Isaiah 7:18) Bees abounded in Palestine, honey being a common article of food (Psalms …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
QUEEN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEE — сущ. 1) пчела killer bee ≈ трутень queen bee ≈ пчелиная матка worker bee ≈ рабочая пчела bees buzz, hum …
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QUEEN
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BEE — зоол. пчела, пчелиный - bee glue - double bee cell - killer bee
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
QUEEN — queen сущ.1) королева (Queen - правительница; queen - жена короля) to crown, proclaim smb. a queen — короновать кого-л., провозгласить …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
QUEEN
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
QUEEN
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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