资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hive \Hive\, n. [OE. hive, huve, AS. h?fe.]
   1. A box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and
      habitation of a swarm of honeybees. --Dryden.

   2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. --Shak.

   3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.

            The hive of Roman liars.              --Tennyson.

   {Hive bee} (Zo["o]l.), the honeybee.