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

• Letters of protest arrived in droves.
  抗议信大批涌来。
• They began to appear in nameless droves.
  他们开始大群地涌现，无名无姓。
• 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。
• Maples make those little whirlybird seeds you see spiraling down in droves each spring.
  每到春天你都能看见大量的枫树种子像一架架小小的直升机盘旋而下。
• 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。
• Droves of dispossessed people emigrated to Canada.
  一批批流离失所的人们移民到了加拿大。
• The crowds were arriving in droves.
  人群正大批大批地涌来。
• Tourists come in droves to see the giant panda.
  成群结队的游客前来观赏大熊猫。
• How can you all come in droves like this?
  你们怎么都象这样成群的来？
• 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。