hon·ey /ˈhʌni/
 蜂蜜,甜蜜,愛人(a.)蜂蜜似的,甜蜜的,甘美的(vt.)加蜜使甜


 hon·ey /ˈhənɪ/ 名詞
 (蜂)蜜


 Hon·ey n.
 1. A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
 2. That which is sweet or pleasant, like honey.
    The honey of his language.   --Shak.
 3. Sweet one; -- a term of endearment.
    Honey, you shall be well desired in Cyprus.   --Shak.
 Note: ☞ Honey is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound; as, honeydew or honey dew; honey guide or honeyguide; honey locust or honey-locust.
 Honey ant Zool., a small ant (Myrmecocystus melliger), found in the Southwestern United States, and in Mexico, living in subterranean formicares. There are larger and smaller ordinary workers, and others, which serve as receptacles or cells for the storage of honey, their abdomens becoming distended to the size of a currant. These, in times of scarcity, regurgitate the honey and feed the rest.
 Honey badger Zool., the ratel.
 Honey bear. Zool. See Kinkajou.
 Honey buzzard Zool., a bird related to the kites, of the genus Pernis.  The European species is Pernis apivorus; the Indian or crested honey buzzard is Pernis ptilorhyncha.  They feed upon honey and the larvæ of bees.  Called also bee hawk, bee kite.
 Honey guide Zool., one of several species of small birds of the family Indicatoridæ, inhabiting Africa and the East Indies. They have the habit of leading persons to the nests to wild bees. Called also honeybird, and indicator.
 Honey harvest, the gathering of honey from hives, or the honey which is gathered. --Dryden.
 Honey kite. Zool. See Honey buzzard (above).
 Honey locust Bot., a North American tree (Gleditschia triacanthos), armed with thorns, and having long pods with a sweet pulp between the seeds.
 Honey month. Same as Honeymoon.
 Honey weasel Zool., the ratel.


 Hon·ey v. i. [imp. & p. p. Honeyed p. pr. & vb. n. Honeying.] To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments; also, to be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn. “Honeying and making love.”
 Rough to common men,
 But honey at the whisper of a lord.   --Tennyson.


 Hon·ey, v. t. To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.
    Canst thou not honey me with fluent speech?   --Marston.

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 honey
      adj : having the color of honey
      n 1: a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
      2: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn: beloved,
          dear, dearest, loved one, love]
      v : sweeten with honey
      [also: honied]


 Honey
    (1.) Heb. ya'ar, occurs only 1 Sam. 14:25, 27, 29; Cant. 5:1,
    where it denotes the honey of bees. Properly the word signifies
    a forest or copse, and refers to honey found in woods.

      (2.) Nopheth, honey that drops (Ps. 19:10; Prov. 5:3; Cant.
    4:11).

      (3.) Debash denotes bee-honey (Judg. 14:8); but also
    frequently a vegetable honey distilled from trees (Gen. 43:11;
    Ezek. 27:17). In these passages it may probably mean "dibs," or
    syrup of grapes, i.e., the juice of ripe grapes boiled down to
    one-third of its bulk.

      (4.) Tsuph, the cells of the honey-comb full of honey (Prov.
    16:24; Ps. 19:10).

      (5.) "Wild honey" (Matt. 3:4) may have been the vegetable
    honey distilled from trees, but rather was honey stored by bees
    in rocks or in trees (Deut. 32:13; Ps. 81:16; 1 Sam. 14:25-29).

      Canaan was a "land flowing with milk and honey" (Ex. 3:8).
    Milk and honey were among the chief dainties in the earlier
    ages, as they are now among the Bedawin; and butter and honey
    are also mentioned among articles of food (Isa. 7:15). The
    ancients used honey instead of sugar (Ps. 119:103; Prov. 24:13);
    but when taken in great quantities it caused nausea, a fact
    referred to in Prov. 25:16, 17 to inculcate moderation in
    pleasures. Honey and milk also are put for sweet discourse
    (Cant. 4:11).