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

• Reactionary positions on abortion and contraception were defeated in one contest after another in the US last month, and opinion polls in the UK suggest that women voters are deserting the Conservatives in droves.
  对堕胎和节育的反对立场上个月在美国于一轮轮的抗议中被驳倒，而民意调查结果表明英国女性选民成群结队地抛弃了保守派。
• Tourists come in droves to see the giant panda.
  成群结队的游客前来观赏大熊猫。
• 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。
• 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 began to appear in nameless droves.
  他们开始大群地涌现，无名无姓。
• 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。
• Scientists are leaving the country in droves
  科学家们正成批地离开这个国家。
• 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。
• 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。