Word · Frequency #11665
hives
蜂群
hives is the plural of hive.
a teeming multitude
- 1.
A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.
用于容纳蜂群的构筑物(人工或天然)。
- 2.
An itchy, red, swollen area of the skin; singular or attributive form of hives.
皮肤上发痒、红肿的区域；荨麻疹的单数或定语形式。
- 3.
The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
一个蜂箱的蜜蜂；蜂群。
- 4.
A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
充满忙碌人群的地方；人群。
- 5.
A section of the registry.
登记处的一个分区。
用于容纳蜂群的构筑物(人工或天然)。；皮肤上发痒、红肿的区域；荨麻疹的单数或定语形式。；一个蜂箱的蜜蜂；蜂群。；充满忙碌人群的地方；人群。；登记处的一个分区。
In use
The beekeeper gently lifted the lid of the hive to check on the bees.
A single hive can contain thousands of worker bees in summer.
We placed the hive far from the house so the bees would not bother anyone.
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。
Common mistakes
There are three hive on the farm.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。
Yesterday, the beekeeper hive the swarm.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。
Connections
Collocations
- a hive of activity
- 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。
- hive mind
- 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。
- bee hive
- 蜂箱；蜂巢
- In autumn, the beekeeper inspects every bee hive.秋天，养蜂人检查每一个蜂箱。
- a hive of bees
- 一群蜜蜂
- A hive of bees hung from the branch.树枝上挂着一群蜜蜂。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a hive of activity
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.