hive

noun
🔊/haɪv/
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  1. (also beehive)
    [countable] a structure made for bees to live in蜂房;蜂箱
    • studying the life of bees in the hive研究蜂巢中的蜜蜂的生活
    Topics Insects, worms, etc.c1
  2. [countable] the bees living in a hive一箱蜜蜂;蜂群Topics Insects, worms, etc.c1
  3. [countable, usually singular] a hive of activity/industry a place full of people who are busy忙碌的场所;繁忙的地方
  4. hives
    [uncountable, plural]
    (also nettlerash [uncountable])
    (also (medical医学)urticaria [uncountable])
    red spots on the skin that itch (= make you want to rub your skin with your nails), caused by an allergic reaction, for example to certain foods
  5. Word OriginOld English hȳf, of Germanic origin.

hive

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hive
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he / she / it hives
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past simple hived
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past participle hived
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-ing form hiving
🔊/ˈhaɪvɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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