English Dictionary

beehive

/ˈbiːhaɪv/

noun

An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young. / A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.

The beehive was buzzing with activity.

意味（1）

An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young.

意味（2）

A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.

意味（4）

A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.

意味（5）

A particular style of hat.

A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].

意味（6）

A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.

By the time it was over, Stone had been blown thirty feet through the air by a beehive round as he was running across a field, knocked out by the concussion of the blast.

意味（7）

(nonstandard, New Zealand) Alternative form of Beehive

Brian Small said that the Minister could not 'hide in the beehive any longer'

意味（8）

(cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life configuration with a rounded appearance.