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词汇 make a beeline for
释义
Idiom
make a beeline for someone or something
Theme: DIRECTION
to head straight toward someone or something. (Informal.)
Billy came into the kitchen and made a beeline for the cookies.After the game, we all made a beeline for John, who was serving cold drinks.
Idiom
make a beeline formake a beeline for (someone/something)
to move quickly and directly toward someone or something.
When the train finally arrived, cold and weary travelers made a beeline for it.
Etymology: based on the idea that a bee travels in a direct path to its hive (= place where it lives)
idiommake a beeline forto go quickly and directly towards someone or something:The train was full of commuters who were making a beeline for the bar.I'm so shy at a party that I make a beeline for someone I know so I won't have to talk to a stranger.

make a beeline for (someone or something)

To head directly and quickly toward something or some place. I knew the boss was angry, so when I saw her come in, I made a beeline for the break room. Every day when I come home from work, my toddler makes a beeline for me—it's just the cutest thing.

make a beeline for someone or something

Fig. to head straight toward someone or something. (Alludes to the straight flight of a bee.) Billy came into the kitchen and made a beeline for the cookies. After the game, we all made a beeline for John, who was serving cold drinks.

make a beeline for

Go straight to, as in He made a beeline for the refreshments. In this expression, beeline means "the shortest distance between two points," alluding to the route of worker bees bringing nectar and pollen back to the hive. [c. 1830]

make a beeline for

go rapidly and directly towards.
The phrase refers to the straight line supposedly taken instinctively by a bee returning to its hive.
1997 Bookseller And when he heard that people might like him to sign copies of his new novel…he cut the small talk and made a beeline for the stall.

make a beeline for

Go directly to. This phrase is based on the assumption that a bee will take the shortest, most direct route back to the hive, in effect a straight line. It appeared in the Massachusetts Spy on November 24, 1830: “The squirrel took a beeline and reached the ground six feet ahead.”
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