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beehive 音標拼音: [b'ih ,ɑɪv] n. 蜂窩,蜂箱 蜂窩,蜂箱 beehive n 1: any workplace where people are very busy 2: a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree [ synonym: { beehive}, { hive}] 3: a hairdo resembling a beehive 4: a man- made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees [ synonym: { beehive}, { hive}] Snail \ Snail\ ( sn[= a] l), n. [ OE. snaile, AS. sn[ ae] gel, snegel, sn[ ae] gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. ( Zool.) ( a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air- breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family { Helicidae}. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail. ( b) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh- water and marine species. See { Pond snail}, under { Pond}, and { Sea snail}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence, a drone; a slow- moving person or thing. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Mech.) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] They had also all manner of gynes [ engines] . . . that needful is [ in] taking or sieging of castle or of city, as snails, that was naught else but hollow pavises and targets, under the which men, when they fought, were heled [ protected], . . . as the snail is in his house; therefore they cleped them snails. -- Vegetius ( Trans.). [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Bot.) The pod of the sanil clover. [ 1913 Webster] { Ear snail}, { Edible snail}, { Pond snail}, etc. See under { Ear}, { Edible}, etc. { Snail borer} ( Zool.), a boring univalve mollusk; a drill. { Snail clover} ( Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({ Medicago scuttellata}, also, { Medicago Helix}); -- so named from its pods, which resemble the shells of snails; -- called also { snail trefoil}, { snail medic}, and { beehive}. { Snail flower} ( Bot.), a leguminous plant ({ Phaseolus Caracalla}) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell. { Snail shell} ( Zool.), the shell of snail. { Snail trefoil}. ( Bot.) See { Snail clover}, above. [ 1913 Webster]
Beehive \ Bee" hive`\, n. A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster] Note: A common and typical form of beehive was a domeshaped inverted basket, whence certain ancient Irish and Scotch architectural remains are called beehive houses. [ 1913 Webster]
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