hive
n
1
(a) (also `beehive) box or other container for bees to live in 蜂箱; 蜂房. =>illus at bee 見bee插圖.
(b) bees living in a hive 蜂房內的蜂群.
2 place full of busy people 人群紛紛攘攘的地方; 繁忙的場所
a hive of activity/industry 喧鬧的活動場所[繁忙的工業(yè)區(qū)]. hive, v
1 [Tn] place (bees) in a hive 使(蜂群)進入蜂箱
hive a swarm 把一群蜜蜂引入蜂箱.
2 [I] (of bees) enter or live in a hive (指蜂群)進入蜂箱, 集居於蜂箱內.
3 (phr v) hive off become separate from a large group; form an independent body 從一大的組織中分離出來; 建立獨立的單位. hive sth off (to/into sth) transfer (work) to another section or firm; make (part of an organization) independent 將(工作)轉移到其他部門或機構辦理; 使(機構的某部分)獨立
hive off parts of a nationalized industry to private ownership 將部分國營工業(yè)私有化.