honeycomb

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1. tảng ong

   A substance made by bees (clade Anthophila) primarily from beeswax which has hexagonal cells to hold their larvae, and for storing pollen and honey to feed the larvae and themselves when other food is scarce; it is also eaten by humans as part of comb-honey; (countable) a single sheet made up of two layers of this substance.

   uncountable

   Pleaſant words are [as] an honycombe, ſweete to the ſoule, and health to the bones.

   The cells of the bees are perfect hexagons: theſe, in every honeycomb, are double, opening on either ſide, and cloſed at the bottom.

2. vật có cấu trúc tổ ong

   Something resembling honeycomb (noun sense 1) in having numerous cells or small holes.

   broadly · countable

   The wood porch was a honeycomb of termite tunnels before we replaced it.

3. sự sắp xếp tổ ong

   A space-filling packing of polytopes in three- or higher-dimensional space.

   broadly · countable

4. bề mặt tổ ong

   The texture of the surface of a solar cell, intended to increase its surface area and capture more sunlight.

   broadly · countable · uncountable

5. vật liệu tổ ong

   Material manufactured with small hollow cells, sometimes sandwiched between two flat sheets, which is used to make light, stiff structural components.

   broadly · countable · uncountable

6. điều ngọt ngào

   Something resembling honeycomb in sweetness; hence, something desirable or pleasant.

   countable · figuratively

   [W]as he not / A full-cell'd honeycomb of eloquence / Stored from all flowers? Poet-like he spoke.

Dạng khác

• honeycombs plural