droves

英 [drəʊvz]

美 [droʊvz]

n.  人群

Collins.1

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 人群
  If you say that people are going somewhere or doing somethingin droves, you are emphasizing that there is a very large number of them.
  1. Scientists are leaving the country in droves...
     科学家们正成批地离开这个国家。
  2. In the warm petrol-scented night, droves of young men and girls were strolling along the quays and packing the bars.
     在这个温暖的夜晚里，空气中弥漫着汽油的味道，成群结队的年轻男女或是漫步在码头边或是泡在酒吧间。

双语例句

• Journalists who had deserted in droves to the daily express.
  纷纷弃职投效《每日快报》的一些记者。
• Its high ceilings, spaceship design, restaurants, long bar and floor shows attracted gamblers in droves.
  它高高的天花板、太空船式的设计、各色的餐馆、长长的吧台和现场表演吸引了成群的赌客。
• And I saw many animals in the wild droves, elephants and that was fascinating.
  我看到一群群的野生动物，比如大象，太迷人了。
• They come in droves to see the natural wonder.
  他们一群群地来参观这一天然奇迹。
• How can you all come in droves like this?
  你们怎么都象这样成群的来？
• Yet Iraq's people are being murdered in droves for want of order.
  但是，因出现了秩序真空，伊拉克人民正被成群杀害。
• Tourists come in droves to see the giant panda.
  成群结队的游客前来观赏大熊猫。
• "That's why people are coming here in droves."
  “这就是人们成群结队到这里来的原因。”
• Letters of protest arrived in droves.
  抗议信大批涌来。
• The water here is warmer than the Atlantic and draws swimmers and surfers in droves.
  这里的海水比大西洋的要温暖得多，游泳者和冲浪者蜂拥而至。