| 单词 | hive |
| 释义 | hive1 /haɪv/ noun 1. [countable] (also beehive) a small box where bees are kept, or the bees that live in this box 蜂箱；一箱蜜蜂 →4 See picture of 见图 HOME →5 see picture at 见图 home12 a hive of industry/activity etc British EnglishBUSY PLACE a place that is full of people who are very busy 人群繁忙的场所，熙熙攘攘的地方 This marketplace was once a hive of activity. 这个市场曾经熙熙攘攘。3. hives [uncountable]MI a skin disease in which a person’s skin becomes red and sore 荨麻疹Examples from the Corpushive• Life in a hive can become quite gothic.• Is a family like a hive?• Brimscombe Port was once a hive of activity but has now largely disappeared.• When the successful foragers arrived at the hive, many danced to indicate the car park.• I walked over to the hive, which was near the house, at the edge of the woods.hive2 verb 1 hive something ↔ off phrasal verb British English BSELLto sell one part of a business 将〔部分业务〕出售 the trend for television companies to hive off their advertising departments 电视公司出售广告部门的趋势Examples from the Corpushive• It was as if one death was not enough for me, but I had to hive a double death.• The original intention was to hive off assembly operations to sub-contractors.• Most of the jobs will disappear through hiving off divisions and seeking voluntary redundancies.• This is another result of the Government's policy of hiving off of core services.• Male speaker We're not hiving off our responsibilities.• The move to hive off the bulk of the retailing shops has, apparently, saved over £6m.• It is part of a growing trend for television contractors to hive off their advertising sales.• If management does decide to hive up Target's trade to Newco, it will have tax implications as follows.From Longman Business Dictionaryhivehive /haɪv/ verb → hive something → offOrigin hive 1. Old English hyf2. Origin unknownhive1 nounhive2 verbChinese a are kept, Corpus bees where Business small box |
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