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

• I drove along sinuous mountain roads.
  我行驶在蜿蜒的山路上。
• They drove southward
  他们驾车南行。
• His daughter Carly drove him to the train station.
  他女儿卡莉开车将他送到火车站。
• We drove past it and had to double back.
  我们开过了，不得不原路返回。
• The black car drove away from them and disappeared
  那辆黑色轿车驶离了他们的视线。
• I held it still and drove in a nail.
  我稳稳地拿着它将钉子钉了进去。
• 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。
• They drove across the river to New Hampshire on a hot tar road.
  他们沿着一条滚烫的柏油路开过了河，来到新罕布什尔州。
• Cowboys drove covered wagons and rode horses, lassoing cattle.
  牛仔们有的赶着大篷车，有的骑着马，抛套索捕牛。
• I drove gingerly past the security check points.
  我战战兢兢地开车经过安检站。