n. 蜂蜜, 甜蜜, 爱人

a. 蜂蜜似的, 甜蜜的, 甘美的

vt. 加蜜使甜, 对...说甜言蜜语

vi. 说甜言蜜语, 奉承

[化] 蜂蜜

[医] 蜂蜜

Honey \Hon"ey\ (h[u^]n"[y^]), n. [OE. honi, huni, AS. hunig;
akin to OS. honeg, D. & G. honig, OHG. honag, honang, Icel.
hunang, Sw. h[*a]ning, Dan. honning, cf. Gr. ko`nis dust,
Skr. ka[.n]a grain.]
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. --Chaucer.

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} (Zo["o]l.), 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} (Zo["o]l.), the ratel.

{Honey bear}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Kinkajou}.

{Honey buzzard} (Zo["o]l.), 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 larv[ae] of
bees. Called also {bee hawk}, {bee kite}.

{Honey guide} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of small
birds of the family {Indicatorid[ae]}, 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}. (Zo["o]l.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), the ratel.


Honey \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.'' --Shak.

Rough to common men,
But honey at the whisper of a lord. --Tennyson.


Honey \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.