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worker bee
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工蜂 |
Older worker bees leave the hive early in the morning. |
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honeybee
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蜜蜂 |
Honeybees do, of course! |
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hive
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蜂巢 |
Older worker bees leave the hive early in the morning. |
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gather
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1. 收集，(2. 聚集) |
Their job is to gather nectar from flowers. |
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nectar
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花蜜 |
Their job is to gather nectar from flowers. |
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suck
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吸吮，吸取(液体，空气等) |
They suck the nectar with their long, straw-like tongues. |
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straw-like
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像吸管一样的 |
They suck the nectar with their long, straw-like tongues. |
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tongue
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舌头 |
They suck the nectar with their long, straw-like tongues. |
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store
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1. 储藏，(2. 商店) |
Then they store it in their honey stomachs. |
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stomach
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腹，腹部，肚子 |
Then they store it in their honey stomachs. |
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honey stomach
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蜜胃(蜜蜂食道后贮藏花蜜的囊) |
Then they store it in their honey stomachs. |
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normal
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正常的 |
The normal stomach digests food. |
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digest
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消化(食物) |
The normal stomach digests food. |
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hold
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1. 装在(碗等容器里)，(2. 拿住，握住，抓住) |
This special stomach can hold a lot of nectar! |
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hundreds of
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几百的，许多的 |
Bees must visit hundreds of flowers. |
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pass
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1. 传递(东西)，(2. (时间)推移，流逝) |
There, they pass the nectar to other worker bees. |
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honeycomb
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(贮藏蜂蜜的六角形)蜂窝 |
The new workers put the nectar inside the honeycomb. |
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a group of
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一群，一组 |
Honeycomb is a group of small cells inside the hive. |
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cell
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蜂房的巢室 |
Honeycomb is a group of small cells inside the hive. |
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fan
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1. 扇风，(2. 电风扇，扇子) |
Then worker bees fan the nectar with their wings. |
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dry
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1. 让...变干，(2. 干的，没有水分的) |
This dries it. |
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thick
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1. (液体)稠的，粘稠的，(2. 厚的) |
Slowly, it grows thick. |
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liquid
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液体 |
The thick, sweet liquid is now honey! |
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extra
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额外的，增加的 |
They store extra honey in the honeycomb. |