单词 | hive |
释义 | hive —hiveless, adj. —hivelike, adj. —hiver, n. /huyv/, n. , v. , hived, hiving. n. 1. a shelter constructed for housing a colony of honeybees; beehive. 2. the colony of bees inhabiting a hive. 3. something resembling a beehive in structure or use. 4. a place swarming with busy occupants: a hive of industry. 5. a swarming or teeming multitude. v.t. 6. to gather into or cause to enter a hive. 7. to shelter as in a hive. 8. to store up in a hive. 9. to store or lay away for future use or enjoyment. v.i. 10. (of bees) to enter a hive. 11. to live together in or as in a hive. 12. hive off, Brit. to become transferred from the main body of a commercial or industrial enterprise through the agency of new ownership. [bef. 900; ME; OE hyf; akin to ON hufr ship's hull, L cupa vat] Syn. 4. hub, center. |
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