hive 英 [haɪv]   美 [haɪv]

hive

hive  英 [haɪv] 美 [haɪv]

n. 蜂房,蜂巢,蜂群;熙攘喧闹的人群 

进行时:hiving  过去式:hived  过去分词:hived  第三人称单数:hives  名词复数:hives 

The hive is made of wood. 这蜂箱是用木材做的.
The whole hive was busy. 整个蜂群都在忙碌.

  • A hive can be a home for bees. It’s also a whole bunch of something moving around — like a hive of eager students — which is related to the fact that so many bees live in a hive.
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  • n. 蜂房,蜂巢,蜂群;熙攘喧闹的人群
  • 1. The hive is made of wood.

    这蜂箱是用木材做的.

  • 2. The whole hive was busy.

    整个蜂群都在忙碌.

  • 3. What a hive of industry!

    多么喧闹而繁忙的工业区 啊 !

  • hive (n.) Old English hyf "beehive," from Proto-Germanic *hufiz (source also of Old Norse hufr "hull of a ship"), from PIE *keup- "round container, bowl" (source also of Sanskrit kupah "hollow, pit, cave," Greek kypellon "cup," Latin cupa "tub, cask, vat"). Figurative sense of "swarming, busy place" is from 1630s.
  • hive (v.) of bees, etc., "to form (themselves) into a hive," c. 1400, from hive (n.). Transitive sense, "to put (bees) in a hive," is from mid-15c. Related: Hived; hiving.
hive / haɪv ; NAmE haɪv / noun , verb hive hives hived hiving noun 1 ( also bee·hive ) [countable ] a structure made for beesto live in 蜂房;蜂箱 2 [countable ] the beesliving in a hive 一箱蜜蜂;蜂群 3 [countable ,  usually singular ] a ~ of activity/industry a place full of people who are busy 忙碌的场所;繁忙的地方 4 hives [uncountable ] = urticaria verb PHRASAL VERB ˌhive sth↔ˈoff (to/into sth) [often passive ] ( especially BrE) to separate one part of a group from the rest; to sell part of a business 把一部份分拆出来;卖掉公司的一部份 The IT department is being hived off into a new company. 信息技术部正被分拆出来,成立新公司。 hive / haɪv ; NAmE haɪv /
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