drove

Word family

drove1 /drəʊv $ droʊv/ verb

x-refthe past tense of drive drive的过去式

drove2 noun [countableC]

1 droves [plural]CROWD crowds of people 人群，成群的人

in droves

Tourists come in droves to see the White House.

游客成群结队前来参观白宫。

Examples from the Corpus

in droves• At ten-fifteen people began arriving in droves.• The sunny weather has brought out boaters in droves.• People came in droves to watch the fireworks display.• Their leaves fall in droves when the sun hits them in the morning, and then they settle on to white hoar frost.• New York used to house the head offices of scores of top companies; they have been leaving in droves.• Lloyd's has seen its capital base contract sharply as Names have deserted the market in droves after disastrous losses.• But evangelical anti-abortion voters turned out in droves for Buchanan and the final count was Buchanan 13, Gramm 8.• The hack drivers, who were present in droves, were a different breed.• Nurses are leaving the profession in droves.• After two years of explosive circulation growth, Soviet newspapers are being deserted by their subscribers in droves.• And now drinkers are turning up in droves.

2 HBAa group of animals that are being moved together 〔被驱赶到一起的〕畜群

drove of

a drove of cattle

牛群

Examples from the Corpus

drove• In spring Weddell seals have their pups on the ice floes offshore, and seabirds arrive in droves.• Instead, they stayed away in droves.• And curious tourists there will be in droves.• Which is why corporate executives are turning to speech coaches in droves.• Their leaves fall in droves when the sun hits them in the morning, and then they settle on to white hoar frost.• The hack drivers, who were present in droves, were a different breed.

Origin drove2

Old English draf, from drifan “to drive”

drove1 verbdrove2 noun

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