ong đực
Definition
- Noun:
- Drone: A male bee, especially a honeybee, whose primary function is to mate with a fertile queen bee. Drones do not collect pollen or nectar and do not have stingers.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ong đực không có ngòi. (Drones do not have stingers.)
- Nhiệm vụ chính của ong đực là giao phối với ong chúa. (The main task of a drone is to mate with the queen bee.)
- Tổ ong có hàng trăm con ong thợ nhưng chỉ có vài chục con ong đực. (A beehive has hundreds of worker bees but only a few dozen drones.)
Advanced Usage
- "Đàn ong đực": A group or swarm of drones.
- Vào mùa xuân, đàn ong đực bay ra khỏi tổ. (In spring, the swarm of drones flies out of the hive.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ong thợ (n): Worker bee (a sterile female bee).
- Ong chúa (n): Queen bee.
- Faux bourdon (n): The French term for 'drone', sometimes used in specialized Vietnamese contexts.
Synonyms
- Drone bee: Another term for a male bee.
- Male bee: The general biological term.
Related Phrases
(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs or idioms in Vietnamese. Its meaning is specific to the field of entomology.)
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