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

• They were trying to maintain law and order amongst the droves of injured citizens.
  他们设法在成群受伤的市民中间维护法律和治安。
• Scientists are leaving the country in droves
  科学家们正成批地离开这个国家。
• They began to appear in nameless droves.
  他们开始大群地涌现，无名无姓。
• 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。
• Clever graduates and foreigners came in droves.
  无数聪明的大学毕业生和外国人来到了金融城。
• They come in droves to see the natural wonder.
  他们一群群地来参观这一天然奇迹。
• I battled my way through droves of shoppers.
  我奋力挤过一群又一群的购物者。
• Letters of protest arrived in droves.
  抗议信大批涌来。
• Sasquatch brought droves of people to a far-flung corner of Washington State for a long weekend.
  在一个悠长的周末，大批乐迷不约而同地赶赴华盛顿州一个遥远的角落，参加在那里举行的野人音乐节（Sasquatch）。
• Domestic and international tourists come in droves to climb the wall, but then they turn around and leave.
  海内外游客云集到此，爬了爬城墙，扭头就走。