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

• Foreign investors have left the government and corporate bond markets of Italy and Spain in droves in the past year, and there is little evidence of the selling slowing down.
  过去一年里，外国投资者纷纷撤离意大利和西班牙国债和公司债券市场，这种行为如今并没有多少减慢的迹象。
• They come in droves to see the natural wonder.
  他们一群群地来参观这一天然奇迹。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The crowds were arriving in droves.
  人群正大批大批地涌来。
• Scientists are leaving the country in droves
  科学家们正成批地离开这个国家。
• 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。
• I battled my way through droves of shoppers.
  我奋力挤过一群又一群的购物者。