中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.蜂巢，蜂房，蜂箱。
2.蜂群。
3.蜂巢状物。
4.热闹场所；熙攘的人群。
短语和例子
a hive of industry 繁忙的工厂区。
vt.
1.使(蜂)入蜂箱，贮(蜜)于蜂箱中。
2.贮备，积蓄。
3.使(人)安居家中。
vi.
1.(蜂)进蜂箱，栖巢中。
2.同栖聚居。
短语和例子
hive off (养蜂)分封；〔比喻〕从团体中分出来成为独立的[自治的]部分。

a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
同义词：beehive,

a teeming multitude

a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
同义词：beehive,

gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm"

move together in a hive or as if in a hive; "The bee swarms are hiving"

store, like bees; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information"

A hive may refer to a beehive, an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species live and raise their young.

例句与用法

I've never seen such a hive of industry .
我从未见过这么忙碌的工业区。

At last a swarm settled in a hive .
终于有一群蜂落进了蜂巢。

The queen bee never leaves the hive .
蜂王从不离开蜂房。

There is only one queen in a hive of honey bees .
一个蜜蜂的蜂群中只有一只蜂后。

A hive can not exist without a queen .
蜂房不可无蜂王。

The hive is alive with bees .
蜂房里蜜蜂闹闹嚷嚷。

Before christmas the stores are hives of activity .
圣诞节快到时，商店里总是挤满了熙熙攘攘的人群。

The forecastle was like an angry hive of bees aroused by some marauder .
前舱里活象是被某种侵入者所激怒的一群狂暴的蜜蜂。

He came down holding the hive at arm's length, behind which trailed a cloud of bees .
他伸直胳膊托着蜂箱从梯子上下来了，后面跟着一大群蜜蜂。

When scientists turn the hive on its side the bees must dance on a horizontal surface .
当科学家们转变蜂箱的方向时，蜜蜂必然会在水平面上飞舞。