hive off

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To separate from a larger group. intransitive
  2. To segregate; to remove from a parent entity. transitive
    — If the Government believes that part of the railways' salvation is to be found in ridding them of extraneous concerns, it should have had the courage either to close the railway works down as quickly as possible, or to hive them off as an entirely separate concern, [...].

词形变化

hives off present,singular,third-person hiving off participle,present hived off participle,past hived off past

词源

Likely from the way a swarm of bees splits off from one hive to establish a second hive.
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