hive

名词 hive:

1. a teeming multitude
2. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
   同义词：beehive
3. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
   同义词：beehive

动词 hive:

1. store, like bees
2. move together in a hive or as if in a hive
3. gather into a hive

1. The director decide to hive off some part of the work and start new firm.
   董事们决定分出部分业务，另成立新公司。
2. The salesman was so successful that in the end he hived from the firm into his own business.
   这位推销员干得非常成功，到后来，他脱离公司自行开业。
3. I have never seen such a hive of industry!
   我从来没有见过这么忙碌的工业区。
4. Tom has hived off again.
   汤姆又不辞而别了。

hive

n.（名词）

A structure for housing bees, especially honeybees.
蜂箱：尤指为让蜜蜂居住而筑的结构
A colony of bees living in such a structure.
蜂群：在这样的结构中住着的一群蜂
A place swarming with activity.
喧闹繁忙的场所
v.（动词）
hived,hiv.ing,hives
v.tr.（及物动词）
To collect into a hive.
使蜂入蜂箱
To store (honey) in a hive.
贮（蜜）于蜂箱中
To store up; accumulate.
储备；积累
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To enter and occupy a beehive.
蜂进入蜂箱
To live with many others in close association.
聚居：很密切地和许多人住在一起

<常用词组>hive off
To set apart from a group:
从团体中分离出来：
例句：
hived off the department into another division.
从该部门分离出来进入另一分支

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English htf
源自 古英语 htf