English Dictionary

mother-hive

名詞

慣用表現

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

日本語の意味

蜂の群れにおいて、中心となる主要な巣（母巣） / 転じて、ある集団の起源や発祥の地、源泉となる場所

The beekeeper carefully inspected the mother-hive to ensure the queen and brood were healthy.

養蜂家は女王蜂と幼虫が健康であることを確認するために、母巣（コロニーの元となる巣）を慎重に点検した。

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.

mother-hives （ plural ）