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

• People are deserting the party in droves.
  人们成群结队地离开晚会现场。
• The crowds were arriving in droves.
  人群正大批大批地涌来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And I saw many animals in the wild droves, elephants and that was fascinating.
  我看到一群群的野生动物，比如大象，太迷人了。
• 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。