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be a hive of + noun
作名词时常用此结构，表示繁忙热闹的场所。
The subway station is a hive of activity during rush hour.
高峰时段的地铁站一片繁忙。
蜂群
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
蜂群
a teeming multitude
The subway station is a hive of activity during rush hour.
高峰时段的地铁站一片繁忙。
用于容纳蜂群的构筑物(人工或天然)。
A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.
皮肤上发痒、红肿的区域；荨麻疹的单数或定语形式。
An itchy, red, swollen area of the skin; singular or attributive form of hives.
一个蜂箱的蜜蜂；蜂群。
The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
充满忙碌人群的地方；人群。
A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
The beekeeper gently lifted the lid of the hive to check on the bees.
养蜂人轻轻掀起蜂箱盖，查看蜜蜂的情况。
A single hive can contain thousands of worker bees in summer.
一个蜂箱在夏天可能容纳成千上万只工蜂。
We placed the hive far from the house so the bees would not bother anyone.
我们把蜂箱放在远离房子的地方，这样蜜蜂就不会打扰任何人。
作名词时常用此结构，表示繁忙热闹的场所。
The subway station is a hive of activity during rush hour.
高峰时段的地铁站一片繁忙。
Not this
There are three hive on the farm.
Use this
There are three hives on the farm.
hive 是可数名词，汉语名词没有复数形式，所以学习者在 three、many 等复数语境中容易漏掉 -s；此处必须用复数 hives。
Not this
Yesterday, the beekeeper hive the swarm.
Use this
Yesterday, the beekeeper hived the swarm.
hive 作动词时是规则动词，过去式为 hived；汉语动词没有时态变化，所以有 yesterday 这类过去时间状语时不能保留原形，要用 hived。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
繁忙的场所；一片繁忙
The market was a hive of activity from early morning.
从清晨起，市场就一片繁忙。
集体思维，蜂巢思维
The forum's hive mind quickly solved the puzzle.
论坛的集体思维很快解开了谜题。
蜂箱；蜂巢
In autumn, the beekeeper inspects every bee hive.
秋天，养蜂人检查每一个蜂箱。
一群蜜蜂
A hive of bees hung from the branch.
树枝上挂着一群蜜蜂。
繁忙喧闹的活动场所
The office was a hive of activity as everyone prepared for the launch.
办公室一片繁忙，所有人都在为发布会做准备。
剥离，分出（尤指业务或部门）
The company decided to hive off its retail division to focus on online sales.
公司决定剥离零售部门，专注于线上销售。
蜂巢思维，集体智慧
The hive mind of social media can spread information extremely quickly.
社交媒体的集体智慧可以极快地传播信息。
你再也找不到一个比这里更藏污纳垢之处。
Obi-Wan Kenobi warns that the cantina is a hive of scum and villainy.
欧比旺·克诺比警告说，这家小酒馆是藏污纳垢之地。
Use hive naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
hive 读作 /haiv/，像‘嗨，蜂！’：你向蜂巢里的蜜蜂打招呼，记住 hive 是蜂巢、蜂群。
语域：neutral 常见场景：beekeeping、nature documentaries、biology classes 该义项（蜂群）语气中性，日常口语和书面语都适用。多用于养蜂、自然观察或科普讨论中，不限定正式场合。
与 hive /haɪv/ 押韵的词：five /faɪv/、dive /daɪv/、drive /draɪv/、thrive /θraɪv/、arrive /əˈraɪv/、live（形容词）/laɪv/。注意：give /ɡɪv/ 和 live（动词）/lɪv/ 虽然也以 -ive 结尾，但读音不同，不押韵；olive /ˈɒlɪv/ 也是形近音异的词。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.