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beehive

/bee-hahyv/US // ˈbiˌhaɪv //UK // (ˈbiːˌhaɪv) //

蜂巢,蜂箱,蜂房,蜂窝

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a habitation or dwelling-place constructed for bees, usually either dome-shaped or box-shaped.
    • : a natural habitation of bees, as a hollowed-out tree.
    • : a crowded, busy place.
    • : something resembling an artificial beehive in appearance, as a hut or hairdo.
    • : Also called beehive oven. an oven for converting coal into coke, characterized by its dome-shaped roof.

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Examples

  • Maturing trees provided fruits and supported beehives for honey production.

  • Photos from the fire department show hundreds of bees swarming around the car as Johnson loaded them into beehive boxes.

  • The Bees Laline Paull (Ecco) This arresting debut novel is a daring dystopian story set in a beehive.

  • A 30-yard free kick resulted and the rangy Brazilian, his hair a beehive of curls, cannoned the ball into the Colombian net.

  • The portrait, titled Amy Jade, depicts the tattooed songstress with her signature beehive hairstyle in a yellow dress.

  • Jeb Bush recently stuck a stick in the GOP beehive on immigration and common core education standards.

  • She wore an apple-green housedress and her graying beehive hairdo was unyielding against the blasts of a chugging air conditioner.

  • It is of beehive structure, and a regular little ease in pattern; for the inmate can neither sit, stand, nor lie in any comfort.

  • I was told I could have either a break-wind of boughs or a beehive hut, and on consideration I chose the latter.

  • Pawnee Lodge, thatched with prairie grass, in form of a straw beehive.

  • Every monastery was an inn, as well as a beehive, to which all travellers resorted, and where no pay was exacted.

  • They were generally industrious; every convent was a beehive, in which various kinds of manufactures were produced.