hive
n. 蜂箱; 蜂巢; 蜂群; 喧鬧地區
A hive is a structure in which bees are kept, which is designed so that the beekeeper can collect the honey that they produce.
If you describe a place as a hive of activity, you approve of the fact that there is a lot of activity there or that people are busy working there.
In the morning the house was a hive of activity...
早上,房子裡一片繁忙景象。
Stuart Tannahill's shed is a veritable hive of photographic creativity.
斯圖爾特·坦納希爾的小屋是個名副其實的攝影創意中心。
Hives is a condition in which patches of your skin become red and very uncomfortable and itchy.
1. a teeming multitude
2. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
3. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
1. store, like bees;
2. move together in a hive or as if in a hive;
3. gather into a hive;
hive off
從團體中分離出來
hive something off
(主英)(尤指生意)劃分出來,分離出來(尤指從公有變為私有)
The hive is made of wood.
這蜂箱是用木材做的.
Next year, the biochemistry section will hive off to form an independent department.
明年生物化學組要分出去,單獨成為一個系.
These temporary hive extensions contain frames of empty comb for the bees to fill with honey.
臨時擴充的蜂箱裡有用來讓蜜蜂貯存蜂蜜的空蜂巢.
I will hole you like a hive if you dare to touch my wife once.
如果你膽敢碰我妻子一個手指頭,我就把你打成篩子.
Bees hive honey and pollen.
蜜蜂儲存花蜜和花粉.