Hive



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 蜂房; 忙碌之地
• ［英］ n. 蜂房 ( beehive)
• ［类］ tumultuous : bedlam / active : hive ( 喧嚣之地特点是喧嚣的 / 繁忙之地特点是活跃的)
• ［例］ What a hive of industry_ ( 多么繁忙的地方)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hy?f; perhaps akin to Old Norse hūfr ship's hull, Latin cūpa tub, Sanskrit kūpa cave
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. a container for housing honeybees
  • b. the usually aboveground nest of bees
• 2. a colony of bees
• 3. a place swarming with activity
• ? hiveless adjective

II. verb (hived; hiving)

• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. of bees to enter and take possession of a hive
  • 2. to reside in close association
• transitive verb
  • 1. to collect into a hive
  • 2. to store up in or as if in a hive

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