
高中
n. 一群人;畜群(drove的复数)
v. 买卖;驱赶(drove的三单形式)
Scientists are leaving the country in droves.
科学家们正成群地离开这个国家。
Droves of dispossessed people emigrated to Canada.
大量被逐出境的人移居到了加拿大。
People were leaving the countryside in droves to look for work in the cities.
一批一批的人离开农村到城里找工作。
The sport is being written off as boring and predictable and the fans are deserting in droves.
这项运动因为枯燥且易于预测而不再吸引人,爱好者们正成批地退出。
Senior executives are quitting in droves.
高管们陆续辞职。
drove out
赶走;逐出
n.|herds;一群人;畜群(drove的复数)
"droves"是名词"drove"的复数形式,原指被驱赶的牲畜群,现多用于比喻大量人群或事物同时移动的现象。根据《牛津英语词典》,该词源自古英语"drāf",最初描述牛群被驱赶移动的行为。现代用法中常见搭配"in droves",表示人群大规模聚集或离开的场景,如:"游客在节假日蜂拥而至(tourists arrived in droves)"。
在商业领域,《韦氏词典》指出该词常描述消费者行为,例如:"新产品发布后,消费者成群购买(consumers flocked in droves)"。语言学家David Crystal在《英语语言的故事》中强调,该词保留了农业社会的语言痕迹,在现代英语中主要保留比喻用法。
单词droves 是名词drove 的复数形式,主要有以下含义和用法:
Farmers moved their cattle in droves to the market.
(农民们成群驱赶牛群去市场。)
Fans left the concert in droves after the rain started.
(下雨后,粉丝们成群离开演唱会现场。)
Applications for the program came in droves.
(该项目的申请如潮水般涌来。)
若需进一步了解词源或具体语境中的用法,建议查阅权威词典(如《牛津高阶》或《柯林斯词典》)。
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