单词 | unhive |
释义 | unhivev. transitive. To turn out of a hive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [verb (transitive)] > turn out of hive unhive1729 1729 S. Madden Themistocles i. i. 2 These armed Millions, that, like some vast Swarm,..unhiv'd have left their Home To seek new Seats of Empire. 1736 D. Neal Hist. Puritans III. Pref. p. ix Having unhived a numerous swarm of labouring bees. 1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. 71 Fancies, swarms that stung like bees unhived. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1729 |
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