a beehive of activity
比喻用法，指某个地方人很多、十分忙碌。
The office was a beehive of activity this morning.
今天早上办公室里一片繁忙。
繁忙的场所；忙碌的工作场所
beehives — plural of beehive
蜜蜂(通常为蜜蜂属)居住的遮蔽处；蜂房。；人们非常忙碌的工作场所；任何充满活动或人们非常忙碌的地方。；为蜜蜂提供自然栖息地的结构,如空心树；一种女性发型,流行于1960年代,将长发做成蜂巢状置于头顶,通常用发胶固定。
a workplace where people are very busy
此处为比喻义，指非常繁忙的场所；非字面义的蜂箱。
蜜蜂(通常为蜜蜂属)居住的遮蔽处；蜂房。
A sheltered place where bees, usually honey bees (genus Apis), live.
人们非常忙碌的工作场所
any workplace where people are very busy
任何充满活动或人们非常忙碌的地方。
Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
为蜜蜂提供自然栖息地的结构,如空心树
a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
一种女性发型,流行于1960年代,将长发做成蜂巢状置于头顶,通常用发胶固定。
A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.
类似蜂巢的发型
a hairdo resembling a beehive
一种特定款式的帽子。
A particular style of hat.
一种含有箭形弹片的杀伤人员弹药,飞行时发出嗡嗡声。
A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
在康威生命游戏中,一种外观圆润的特定静物图案。
In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life pattern with a rounded appearance.
显示球穿过击球手位置的图表,用于分析。
A diagram showing where balls have passed the batter, used in analysis.
The office was a beehive of activity this morning.
今天早上办公室里一片繁忙。
用法提示：“beehive”作名词，比喻繁忙的工作场所。
During the sales season, the store turns into a beehive.
销售季节期间，这家商店变得熙熙攘攘。
用法提示：此处“a beehive”用作比喻，指忙碌拥挤的地方。
The newsroom is a beehive even at midnight.
即使在午夜，新闻编辑室也忙得不可开交。
用法提示：“beehive”作名词，表示热闹忙碌的场所。
比喻用法，指某个地方人很多、十分忙碌。
The office was a beehive of activity this morning.
今天早上办公室里一片繁忙。
本义是“蜂箱/蜂窝”，可数名词，复数形式为 beehives。
Bees live in a beehive.
蜜蜂住在蜂箱里。
常用 like a beehive 形容场所繁忙、嘈杂。
The kitchen was like a beehive during the dinner rush.
晚餐高峰时段，厨房里忙得像蜂巢一样。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are many beehive on the farm.
正确表达There are many beehives on the farm.
英语可数名词复数需加 -s/-es，汉语名词没有复数变化，所以容易遗漏复数标记。句中 many 后须用复数形式 beehives。
grammar · medium
易错句子The office is beehive.
正确表达The office is a beehive.
可数名词单数前需要冠词 a/an，汉语没有冠词，因此学习者常漏掉。这里 beehive 是单数可数名词，前面应加 a。
对应 beehive 的比喻义“繁忙场所”；ghost town 指人烟稀少、冷清荒废的地方，是忙碌场所的反面。此反义词不适用于字面义“蜂箱”。
hive 可单独指蜂箱或蜂巢，也常用于 a hive of activity 这一搭配表示繁忙场所；beehive 更明确指蜂箱，比喻“忙碌之地”时两者可互换，但 hive 更简短常用。
honeycomb 指蜜蜂用蜂蜡筑成的六角形巢脾，是物体，不是养蜂的箱子，也不用比喻繁忙的场所；beehive 才表示蜂箱或“繁忙之地”的比喻。
繁忙的活动场所
The office was a beehive of activity as the team prepared for the product launch.
团队为产品发布做准备时，办公室一片繁忙。
繁忙的工作场所
The kitchen was a beehive of industry during the festival.
节日期间厨房里一片忙碌。
像蜂巢一样喧闹忙碌
The classroom buzzed like a beehive during the group project.
小组活动时教室里热闹得像蜂巢一样。
bee（蜜蜂）+ hive（蜂巢），均为词根；相关词：beekeeper（养蜂人）、honeybee（蜜蜂）、beeswax（蜂蜡）、hive mind（蜂群思维）
繁忙的场所；熙熙攘攘的地方
The office was a beehive of activity on Monday morning.
周一早上，办公室里一片繁忙景象。
像蜂巢一样嗡嗡响；异常热闹
The kitchen was buzzing like a beehive during the dinner rush.
晚餐高峰时段，厨房里忙得热火朝天。
繁忙劳作之地
The construction site is a beehive of industry from dawn to dusk.
建筑工地从早到晚都是一片繁忙的劳作景象。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 see, free)
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