[N-COUNT 可数名词]蜂房;蜂箱 A hive is a structure in which bees are kept, which is designed so that the beekeeper can collect the honey that they produce.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]熙熙攘攘的场所;人群忙碌的地方 If you describe a place as a hive of activity, you approve of the fact that there is a lot of activity there or that people are busy working there.
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[approval]
In the morning the house was a hive of activity...
早上,房子里一片繁忙景象。
Stuart Tannahill's shed is a veritable hive of photographic creativity.
斯图尔特·坦纳希尔的小屋是个名副其实的摄影创意中心。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]荨麻疹Hives is a condition in which patches of your skin become red and very uncomfortable and itchy.
相关词组:
hive off
Oxford
hive/haɪv; NAmEhaɪv/
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hivehiveshivedhivingnoun1(alsobee·hive)[countable ]a structure made for beesto live in 蜂房;蜂箱2[countable ]the beesliving in a hive一箱蜜蜂;蜂群3[countable , usually singular ]a ~ of activity/industrya place full of people who are busy 忙碌的场所;繁忙的地方4hives[uncountable ]=
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verbPHRASAL VERBˌhive sth↔ˈoff (to/into sth)[often passive ]( especially BrE) to separate one part of a group from the rest; to sell part of a business 把一部份分拆出来;卖掉公司的一部份◆The IT department is being hived off into a new company.信息技术部正被分拆出来,成立新公司。hive/haɪv; NAmEhaɪv/
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hive1 noun
hive2 verb
hivehive1 /haɪv/ noun
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1[countable] (also beehive) a small box where bees are kept, or the bees that live in this box2a hive of industry/activity etc British English a place that is full of people who are very busy: This marketplace was once a hive of activity.3hives [uncountable] a skin disease in which a person’s skin becomes red and sore
hive1 noun
hive2 verb
hivehive2 verb
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hive off phrasal verb British Englishto sell one part of a business: the trend for television companies to hive off their advertising departments
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