English Dictionary

mother-hive

noun

the principal or source hive of a colony of bees / (idiomatic) a location similarly serving as the source of a group of people

The mother-hive is the main hive in a colony of bees.

意味（1）

the principal or source hive of a colony of bees

A mother-hive of bees is 24 pence in value.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) a location similarly serving as the source of a group of people

[John Whitman] came over in the True Love in 1640 to America and lived in Weymouth, Mass., which place became the mother-hive of the New Englanders of the name.