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

• "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。”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They began to stay away in droves and Underground Atlanta quickly began to go downhill.
  他们许多人不再来光顾了，于是地下亚特兰大很快就开始走上了下坡路。
• We walked through the museum without a guide and found ourselves amid droves of American tourists.
  我们在博物馆里走着，没有导游，结果跑到一大群美国游客中去了。
• 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。
• I battled my way through droves of shoppers.
  我奋力挤过一群又一群的购物者。
• 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。