单词 | hive |
释义 | Word Frequency hive(haɪv) noun 1. a structure in which social bees live and rear their young 2. a colony of social bees 3. a place showing signs of great industry (esp in the phrase a hive of activity) 4. a teeming crowd; multitude 5. an object in the form of a hive verb 6. to cause (bees) to collect or (of bees) to collect inside a hive 7. to live or cause to live in or as if in a hive 8. (transitive) (of bees) to store (honey, pollen, etc) in the hive 9. (tr; often foll by up or away) to store, esp for future use he used to hive away a small sum every week Derived forms hivelike (ˈhiveˌlike) adjective Word origin Old English hӯf; related to Westphalian hüwe, Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa barrel, Greek kupē, Sanskrit kūpa cave |
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