hive /ˈhaɪv/
蜂房,鬧區,蜜蜂群(vi.)進入蜂房,儲藏蜜于蜂房,如蜂般群居(vt.)使進蜂房
hive /ˈhaɪv/ 名詞
Hive n.
1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees.
2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
The hive of Roman liars. --Tennyson.
Hive bee Zool., the honeybee.
Hive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hived p. pr. & vb. n. Hiving.]
1. To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
2. To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store.
Hiving wisdom with each studious year. --Byron.
Hive, v. i. To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
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hive
n 1: a teeming multitude
2: a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees [syn: beehive]
3: a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as
in a hollow tree [syn: beehive]
v 1: store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived
lots of information"
2: move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms
are hiving"
3: gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"