- 1蜂巢狀的;佈滿孔洞的
If something is honeycombed, it is full of holes, cells, or hollow passages, like the wax rooms in a beehive. The word is about shape, not taste.
If something is honeycombed如果某個東西 honeycombed(蜂巢狀)、it is full of holes, cells, or hollow passages它佈滿了孔洞、小室、或中空的通道、like the wax rooms in a beehive就像蜂巢裡的蠟室。The word這個字 is about shape, not taste講的是形狀、不是味道。
A honeycombed with caves has tunnels all through it. A wall can be honeycombed with holes.
A hillside honeycombed with caves佈滿洞穴的山坡 has tunnels all through it整片都是通道。A wall一面牆 can be honeycombed with holes也可能佈滿孔洞。
You are picturing many small empty spaces packed together, not something sweet or made of honey. It is an adjective (or a past form used as one), from the noun honeycomb — the wax structure bees build — plus -ed, “having that kind of pattern.” People use it for rock, ruins, even plans that are riddled with gaps.
You are picturing你要想像的是 many small empty spaces packed together很多擠在一起的小空隙、not something sweet or made of honey不是什麼甜的、或用蜂蜜做的東西。It is an adjective它是形容詞(or a past form used as one或是當形容詞用的過去式)、from the noun honeycomb來自名詞 honeycomb(蜂巢)——the wax structure bees build蜜蜂蓋的蠟造結構——plus -ed加上 -ed、"having that kind of pattern."意思是「有那種紋理」。People use it人們用它 for rock, ruins, even plans that are riddled with gaps形容岩石、廢墟、甚至漏洞百出的計畫。
It is a picture-word, a little more written than spoken, but not stiff.
It is a picture-word它是個很有畫面感的字、a little more written than spoken比較偏書面、口語較少用、but not stiff但不算生硬。
core核心畫面
組成honeycomb (the bees’ wax rooms) + -ed (having that shape).
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
honeycombedadj
- 1
Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb.
- This area is honeycombed with ironstone mines, and signs of an impending subsidence had caused the railway to maintain a continuous watch on the threatened section for several months.
- Even in her Moloko days, she preferred outre get-ups – the sort of thing now thought to be the preserve of Lady Gaga. Tonight, Murphy has also brought along a hat that suggests both The Handmaid’s Tale and beekeeping, and, for a disco cut called Narcissus, a black honeycombed cowl that makes her look like a microphone on legs.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
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