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

• Surgeons a particularly exacting bunch have adopted robotics in droves.
  外科医师作为医护界中要求格外严格的一支队伍，早已采用了大量的机器人。
• 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。
• Tourists come in droves to see the giant panda.
  成群结队的游客前来观赏大熊猫。
• Droves of dispossessed people emigrated to Canada.
  一批批流离失所的人们移民到了加拿大。
• 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。
• How can you all come in droves like this?
  你们怎么都象这样成群的来？
• 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）。
• They come in droves to see the natural wonder.
  他们一群群地来参观这一天然奇迹。
• Builders that last year had droves of interested investors say that today, they're struggling to find cash.
  建筑商们表示，他们去年还有许多感兴趣的投资者，目前却难以获得现金。