名詞 hive:

1. a teeming multitude
2. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
   同義詞：beehive
3. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree
   同義詞：beehive

動詞 hive:

1. store, like bees
2. move together in a hive or as if in a hive
3. gather into a hive

1. The director decide to hive off some part of the work and start new firm.
   董事們決定分出部分業(yè)務，另成立新公司。
2. The salesman was so successful that in the end he hived from the firm into his own business.
   這位推銷員干得非常成功，到后來，他脫離公司自行開業(yè)。
3. I have never seen such a hive of industry!
   我從來沒有見過這么忙碌的工業(yè)區(qū)。
4. Tom has hived off again.
   湯姆又不辭而別了。

hive

n.（名詞）

A structure for housing bees, especially honeybees.
蜂箱：尤指為讓蜜蜂居住而筑的結構
A colony of bees living in such a structure.
蜂群：在這樣的結構中住著的一群蜂
A place swarming with activity.
喧鬧繁忙的場所
v.（動詞）
hived,hiv.ing,hives
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To collect into a hive.
使蜂入蜂箱
To store (honey) in a hive.
貯（蜜）于蜂箱中
To store up; accumulate.
儲備；積累
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To enter and occupy a beehive.
蜂進入蜂箱
To live with many others in close association.
聚居：很密切地和許多人住在一起

<常用詞組>hive off
To set apart from a group:
從團體中分離出來：
例句：
hived off the department into another division.
從該部門分離出來進入另一分支

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English htf
源自 古英語 htf