drove

英 [drəʊv]

美 [droʊv]

n.  (移动的)人群，畜群
v.  驾驶; 开车; 驾车送(人); 拥有(或驾驶)…汽车
drive的过去式; outdrive的过去式

复数：droves　现在分词：droving　

GRE

BNC.18464 / COCA.14747

牛津词典

noun

• （移动的）人群，畜群
  a large number of people or animals, often moving or doing sth as a group
  1. droves of tourists
     成群的游客
  2. 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。

柯林斯词典

• 
  Droveis the past tense ofdrive.

英英释义

noun

• a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
  Synonym:drove chisel
• a moving crowd
  Synonym:hordeswarm
• a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together

双语例句

• They drove southward
  他们驾车南行。
• I drove gingerly past the security check points.
  我战战兢兢地开车经过安检站。
• We drove past it and had to double back.
  我们开过了，不得不原路返回。
• They drove through a tall iron gate and stopped before a large white villa.
  他们开车穿过一个大铁门，在一栋白色的大别墅前面停了下来。
• Mrs Glick drove her own car and the girls went in Nancy's convertible.
  格利克夫人开着自己的车，女孩们上了南希的敞篷车。
• The last offensive drove thousands of people into Thailand
  最后一次进攻将成千上万的人赶到了泰国。
• He regularly drove from his home to his place of employment.
  他定期开车往返于家和工作地点之间。
• I drove out of the gates, past the keeper's lodge.
  我驶出大门，经过守门人的小屋。
• Two friends and I drove to Florida during college spring break
  我和两个朋友在大学春假期间开车去了佛罗里达。
• My friend was hungry, so we drove to a shopping mall to get some food
  我的朋友饿了，于是我们开车去一家购物中心吃饭。