beehiven.

/ˈbiːˌhʌɪv/

Etymology: < bee n.¹ + hive n.

a. A receptacle used as a home for bees; usually made of thick straw work in the shape of a dome; but there are modern contrivances made of many materials, and adapted to special purposes.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [noun] > beehive

hivec725

beehivec1325

ruche1494

skep1494

stall1505

butt1532

pyche1570

bee-stall1572

hive-cot1582

alveary1623

bee-skepa1634

bee-house1675

staller1712

stand1740

bee-gum1817

bink1824

bee-palace1845

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > beehive

beehivec1325

c1325 Coer de L. 2885 And commaunded hys men, belyve To bryng up many a bee-hyve.

1483 Cath. Angl. 26 Be~hyve, apiarium.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 109 Drones sucke not Eagles blood, but rob Bee-hiues .

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 611 The farmhouse peeping from among beehives and apple-blossoms.

b. figurative. A place swarming with busy people; a ‘hive of industry’. (Cf. hive n. 3a.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > place full of busy people

beehive1616

1616 R. Carpenter Christs Larvmbell 33 in Pastoral Charge A profitable and behoouefull member in the Bee-hiue of Christs Church.

1725 New-Eng. Courant 8 Mar. 1 If we could..make that Building a Bee-Hive of Business.

1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 15 Mar. 216 He works in a great hospital now, a beehive of a place—swarming with people.

1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. iii. iv. 324 The bustling bee-hive activity of the whole country.

c. A hat shaped like a beehive. Cf. beehive-hat n. at Compounds 1a below.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > shaped like a beehive

beehive1909

beehive-hat1909

1909 Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 5/2 A useful hat..is one of the new shape, which some milliners are calling the ‘Beehive’.

1937 N. Coward Present Indicative i. xix. 66 Gertie Millar in Our Miss Gibbs, wearing a beehive.

d. A high beehive-shaped hairstyle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > other specific styles of hair

roll1538

puff1601

Tuscan-top1602

cock-up1692

turban1727

bird's nest1730

rooter1840

coxcomb1843

roach1872

flop1900

Buster Brown1904

peppercorn1910

upsweep1946

bouffant1955

beehive1960

Prince Valiant1964

blow-dry1966

Mary Stuart1966

bouffy1970

Mohawk haircut1979

Mohican1983

fauxhawk2000

1960 Guardian 22 July 7/2 Three East Berlin peroxide girls whose beehives tower over provocative curves.

1960 Guardian 26 Aug. 6/4 Exaggerated beehive hair-styles.

1962 New Statesman 18 May 708/2 Rube, neck stiff so as not to shake her beehive, stares sultry round the packed pub.

2. Name of a nebula in the constellation Cancer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > star-cluster > [noun] > Praesepe

crib1556

manger1556

cratch1647

Praesepe1658

beehive1869

1869 E. Dunkin Midnight Sky 136 A small nebulous-looking object in the crab's body, is known by the name of the Præsepe, or the Beehive.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, chiefly in sense of ‘shaped like a beehive’.

beehive-basket n.

beehive-chair n. (i.e. with a top like a beehive)

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs

farthingale chair1552

side chair1582

high chair1609

scroll chair1614

Turkey chair1683

curule chair1695

reading chair1745

rush-bottom1754

conversation-chair1793

Windsor tub1800

Trafalgar chair1808

beehive-chair1816

nursing chair1826

Hitchcockc1828

toilet seat1829

kangaroo1834

prie-dieu1838

tub-chair1839

barrel-chair1850

Cromwell chair1868

office chair1874

swivel-chair1885

steamer-chair1886

suggan chair1888

lawn chair1895

saddle seat1895

Bombay chair1896

veranda-chair1902

X chair1904

Yorkshire chair1906

three legs and a swinger1916

saddlebag1919

riempie stool1933

gaspipe chair1934

slipper chair1938

Eames chair1946

contour chair1948

sling-back1948

sling chair1957

booster chair1960

booster seat1967

beanbag1969

sack chair1970

papasan1980

Muskoka chair1987

1816 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 15 198 His place in the chimney-corner, or the bee-hive chair.

beehive-hat n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > shaped like a beehive

beehive1909

beehive-hat1909

1909 Daily Chron. 22 Feb. 7/5 The latest beehive hat.

1961 Guardian 19 Jan. 9/7 Worn with a..beehive hat.

beehive house n.

ΚΠ

1869 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times (ed. 2) ii. 53 From these we pass naturally to the beehive houses.

beehive-hut n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > types of

lonquhardc1480

hothouse1643

ajoupa1666

penthouse1683

pandal?1692

bark-hut1744

log-tent1748

log cabin1770

bush-hut1775

log-hut1778

yurt1780

isba1784

beach hut1806

whare1807

bough-house1811

pondok1815

grass hut1818

hartebeest house1818

leaf hut1818

gunyah1820

grass house1823

slab-and-bark hut1826

slab-and-shingle hut1826

slab whare1826

rondavel1829

bush-house1835

skerm1835

jacal1838

toldo1839

log-shanty1847

wurley1847

maloca1853

palm hut1853

whare1853

hutmenta1857

bush-shanty1857

benab1860

pondokkie1862

bothan1863

lanaia1869

hogan1872

tenta1873

beehive-hut1884

leaf shelter1886

Oklahoma1889

goondie1890

cabana1898

troolie hut1899

tukul1901

fale1902

banda1908

kya1909

hut1913

obi1913

Nissen hut1917

Nissen1919

basha1921

tourist cabin1928

bunkie1935

wanigan1937

Quonset hut1942

chickee1943

iron lung1943

Quonset1943

1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 84 The..beehive huts of the narrow street.

beehive-oven n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > [noun] > coke oven

coke-oven1839

pit kiln1839

beehive-oven1881

cokery1923

coke-furnace-

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 107 Beehive oven, an oven for the manufacture of coke, shaped like the old-fashioned beehive.

beehive-like adj.

beehive-shaped adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [adjective] > type of

log cabin1770

beehive-shaped1858

shack1885

Quonset1945

1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar ix. 235 Low, beehive-shaped huts.

C2.

beehive coke n. coke produced in a beehive oven.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > coke > produced in a specific way

oven coke1853

beehive coke1909

1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Beehive coke.

1914 J. S. S. Brame Fuel vi. 97 It is found that the lower portions of beehive coke are more dense than the upper.

beehive tomb n. a dome-shaped tomb of the Mycenæan age in Greece, cut in a hillside.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > types of tomb > [noun] > types of ancient or prehistoric

table tomb1738

well tomb1843

chamber tomb1850

passage grave1865

allée couverte1870

passage tomb1870

mastaba1882

tholos1885

beehive tomb1887

circle-tomb1889

shaft tomb1895

shaft-grave1910

pit-cave1921

gallery grave1937

dyss1938

1887 J. P. Mahaffy Rambles & Stud. Greece (ed. 3) xv. 417 A race..who constructed great beehive tombs.

1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 181/1 At Tiryns..a beehive tomb, perfectly preserved and used throughout the classical period.

1957 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 6) v. 80 These [sc. chieftains] celebrated their elevation by erecting stately beehive tombs or tholoi.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	beehive
释义	beehiven. /ˈbiːˌhʌɪv/ Etymology: < bee n.¹ + hive n. 1. a. A receptacle used as a home for bees; usually made of thick straw work in the shape of a dome; but there are modern contrivances made of many materials, and adapted to special purposes. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [noun] > beehive hivec725 beehivec1325 ruche1494 skep1494 stall1505 butt1532 pyche1570 bee-stall1572 hive-cot1582 alveary1623 bee-skepa1634 bee-house1675 staller1712 stand1740 bee-gum1817 bink1824 bee-palace1845 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > superfamily Apoidea (bees) > beehive beehivec1325 c1325 Coer de L. 2885 And commaunded hys men, belyve To bryng up many a bee-hyve. 1483 Cath. Angl. 26 Be~hyve, apiarium. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 109 Drones sucke not Eagles blood, but rob Bee-hiues . View more context for this quotation 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 611 The farmhouse peeping from among beehives and apple-blossoms. b. figurative. A place swarming with busy people; a ‘hive of industry’. (Cf. hive n. 3a.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > place full of busy people beehive1616 1616 R. Carpenter Christs Larvmbell 33 in Pastoral Charge A profitable and behoouefull member in the Bee-hiue of Christs Church. 1725 New-Eng. Courant 8 Mar. 1 If we could..make that Building a Bee-Hive of Business. 1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 15 Mar. 216 He works in a great hospital now, a beehive of a place—swarming with people. 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. iii. iv. 324 The bustling bee-hive activity of the whole country. c. A hat shaped like a beehive. Cf. beehive-hat n. at Compounds 1a below. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > shaped like a beehive beehive1909 beehive-hat1909 1909 Westm. Gaz. 2 Mar. 5/2 A useful hat..is one of the new shape, which some milliners are calling the ‘Beehive’. 1937 N. Coward Present Indicative i. xix. 66 Gertie Millar in Our Miss Gibbs, wearing a beehive. d. A high beehive-shaped hairstyle. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > styles of hair > [noun] > other specific styles of hair roll1538 puff1601 Tuscan-top1602 cock-up1692 turban1727 bird's nest1730 rooter1840 coxcomb1843 roach1872 flop1900 Buster Brown1904 peppercorn1910 upsweep1946 bouffant1955 beehive1960 Prince Valiant1964 blow-dry1966 Mary Stuart1966 bouffy1970 Mohawk haircut1979 Mohican1983 fauxhawk2000 1960 Guardian 22 July 7/2 Three East Berlin peroxide girls whose beehives tower over provocative curves. 1960 Guardian 26 Aug. 6/4 Exaggerated beehive hair-styles. 1962 New Statesman 18 May 708/2 Rube, neck stiff so as not to shake her beehive, stares sultry round the packed pub. 2. Name of a nebula in the constellation Cancer. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > star-cluster > [noun] > Praesepe crib1556 manger1556 cratch1647 Praesepe1658 beehive1869 1869 E. Dunkin Midnight Sky 136 A small nebulous-looking object in the crab's body, is known by the name of the Præsepe, or the Beehive. Compounds C1. General attributive, chiefly in sense of ‘shaped like a beehive’. a. beehive-basket n. beehive-chair n. (i.e. with a top like a beehive) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs farthingale chair1552 side chair1582 high chair1609 scroll chair1614 Turkey chair1683 curule chair1695 reading chair1745 rush-bottom1754 conversation-chair1793 Windsor tub1800 Trafalgar chair1808 beehive-chair1816 nursing chair1826 Hitchcockc1828 toilet seat1829 kangaroo1834 prie-dieu1838 tub-chair1839 barrel-chair1850 Cromwell chair1868 office chair1874 swivel-chair1885 steamer-chair1886 suggan chair1888 lawn chair1895 saddle seat1895 Bombay chair1896 veranda-chair1902 X chair1904 Yorkshire chair1906 three legs and a swinger1916 saddlebag1919 riempie stool1933 gaspipe chair1934 slipper chair1938 Eames chair1946 contour chair1948 sling-back1948 sling chair1957 booster chair1960 booster seat1967 beanbag1969 sack chair1970 papasan1980 Muskoka chair1987 1816 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 15 198 His place in the chimney-corner, or the bee-hive chair. beehive-hat n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > shaped like a beehive beehive1909 beehive-hat1909 1909 Daily Chron. 22 Feb. 7/5 The latest beehive hat. 1961 Guardian 19 Jan. 9/7 Worn with a..beehive hat. beehive house n. ΚΠ 1869 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times (ed. 2) ii. 53 From these we pass naturally to the beehive houses. beehive-hut n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [noun] > types of lonquhardc1480 hothouse1643 ajoupa1666 penthouse1683 pandal?1692 bark-hut1744 log-tent1748 log cabin1770 bush-hut1775 log-hut1778 yurt1780 isba1784 beach hut1806 whare1807 bough-house1811 pondok1815 grass hut1818 hartebeest house1818 leaf hut1818 gunyah1820 grass house1823 slab-and-bark hut1826 slab-and-shingle hut1826 slab whare1826 rondavel1829 bush-house1835 skerm1835 jacal1838 toldo1839 log-shanty1847 wurley1847 maloca1853 palm hut1853 whare1853 hutmenta1857 bush-shanty1857 benab1860 pondokkie1862 bothan1863 lanaia1869 hogan1872 tenta1873 beehive-hut1884 leaf shelter1886 Oklahoma1889 goondie1890 cabana1898 troolie hut1899 tukul1901 fale1902 banda1908 kya1909 hut1913 obi1913 Nissen hut1917 Nissen1919 basha1921 tourist cabin1928 bunkie1935 wanigan1937 Quonset hut1942 chickee1943 iron lung1943 Quonset1943 1884 J. Colborne With Hicks Pasha in Soudan 84 The..beehive huts of the narrow street. beehive-oven n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > [noun] > coke oven coke-oven1839 pit kiln1839 beehive-oven1881 cokery1923 coke-furnace- 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 107 Beehive oven, an oven for the manufacture of coke, shaped like the old-fashioned beehive. b. beehive-like adj. beehive-shaped adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > hut or hovel > [adjective] > type of log cabin1770 beehive-shaped1858 shack1885 Quonset1945 1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar ix. 235 Low, beehive-shaped huts. C2. beehive coke n. coke produced in a beehive oven. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > coal or types of coal > [noun] > coke > produced in a specific way oven coke1853 beehive coke1909 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Beehive coke. 1914 J. S. S. Brame Fuel vi. 97 It is found that the lower portions of beehive coke are more dense than the upper. beehive tomb n. a dome-shaped tomb of the Mycenæan age in Greece, cut in a hillside. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > types of tomb > [noun] > types of ancient or prehistoric table tomb1738 well tomb1843 chamber tomb1850 passage grave1865 allée couverte1870 passage tomb1870 mastaba1882 tholos1885 beehive tomb1887 circle-tomb1889 shaft tomb1895 shaft-grave1910 pit-cave1921 gallery grave1937 dyss1938 1887 J. P. Mahaffy Rambles & Stud. Greece (ed. 3) xv. 417 A race..who constructed great beehive tombs. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 181/1 At Tiryns..a beehive tomb, perfectly preserved and used throughout the classical period. 1957 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 6) v. 80 These [sc. chieftains] celebrated their elevation by erecting stately beehive tombs or tholoi. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). beehivev. Etymology: < beehive n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbeehive. rare. intransitive. To cluster like bees in a hive. (U.S.A.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > cluster > specifically of people beehive1883 clot1932 1883 N.E. Jrnl. Educ. 17 325 The girls bee-hive together to discuss mysteries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1325v.1883
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beehiven.

Compounds

beehivev.