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词汇 vespiary
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Definition of vespiary in English:

vespiary

nounPlural vespiaries ˈvɛspɪəri
rare
  • A wasps' nest.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is said the drone also keeps the vespiary clean, clearing away all rubbish and carrying out dead bodies.
    • The buzz of wasps and the bees in the vespiary were all the chaos she had ever experienced.
    • If bees and butterflies have apiaries and ants have formicaries, wasps have vespiaries.
    • Here's what not to write: ‘A bevy of quail wandered near the estuary / While the debutante waved a rake at the vespiary / A tumultuous buzzing disrupted the serenity/and there came an agglomeration of enmity’.
    • You shouldn't approach beehives and vespiaries.

Origin

Early 19th century: formed irregularly from Latin vespa 'wasp', on the pattern of apiary.

Definition of vespiary in US English:

vespiary

nounˈvɛspiˌɛriˈvespēˌerē
rare
  • A wasps' nest.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here's what not to write: ‘A bevy of quail wandered near the estuary / While the debutante waved a rake at the vespiary / A tumultuous buzzing disrupted the serenity/and there came an agglomeration of enmity’.
    • It is said the drone also keeps the vespiary clean, clearing away all rubbish and carrying out dead bodies.
    • The buzz of wasps and the bees in the vespiary were all the chaos she had ever experienced.
    • You shouldn't approach beehives and vespiaries.
    • If bees and butterflies have apiaries and ants have formicaries, wasps have vespiaries.

Origin

Early 19th century: formed irregularly from Latin vespa ‘wasp’, on the pattern of apiary.

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