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

• 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 crowds were arriving in droves.
  人群正大批大批地涌来。
• 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。
• 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 appear in nameless droves.
  他们开始大群地涌现，无名无姓。
• The company's stock tanks on the news that new users are leaving in droves.
  由于流传着新用户正成群结队地撤离AOL网络的消息，公司的股票一落千丈。
• "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。”
• 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。
• Tourists come in droves to see the giant panda.
  成群结队的游客前来观赏大熊猫。