swarms

英 [swɔːmz]

美 [swɔːrmz]

n.  一大群(蜜蜂等昆虫); 一大群，一大批(向同方向移动的人)
v.  成群地来回移动; 成群地飞来飞去
swarm的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• (蜜蜂等昆虫的)一大群，一大窝
  Aswarm ofbees or other insects is a large group of them flying together.
• VERB (蜜蜂等)成群飞行
  When bees or other insectsswarm, they move or fly in a large group.
  1. A dark cloud of bees comes swarming out of the hive.
     黑压压的一大群蜜蜂从蜂巢中飞出来。
• VERB (人)成群地涌动，蜂拥
  When peopleswarmsomewhere, they move there quickly in a large group.
  1. People swarmed to the shops, buying up everything in sight.
     人们成群地涌向商店，见什么买什么。
• N-COUNT-COLL (快速移动的)人群
  Aswarm ofpeople is a large group of them moving about quickly.
  1. A swarm of people encircled the hotel...
     一大群人围住了这个酒店。
  2. Today at the crossing there were swarms of tourists taking photographs.
     今天在十字路口有大群的游客在拍照。
• VERB 挤满，聚集(来来往往的人)
  If a placeis swarming withpeople, it is full of people moving about in a busy way.
  1. Within minutes the area was swarming with officers who began searching a nearby wood.
     几分钟内很多警察就来到了这一地区，开始搜查附近的树林。

双语例句

• He has sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people.
  他委派大批的官员到这里骚扰我们的人民。
• He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
  他叫苍蝇成群，落在他们当中，嘬尽他们。又叫青蛙灭了他们。
• You get swarms of kids right in front of you.
  在你面前会有一大群小孩子。
• He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
  他说一声，苍蝇就成群而来，并有虱子进入他们四境。
• In those regions earthquake swarms have occurred repeatedly in the past.
  这些地区以前曾反复出现过地震群。
• Under the withering assault of the locust swarms, a quarter of west Africa's crops could vanish.
  在蝗虫群的毁灭性袭击下，西非农作物的4分之一可能完全消失。
• Gnats are often found flying in swarms above stagnant water.
  死水上常有成群的蠓虫飞舞。
• The swamp swarms with mosquitoes and other insects.
  沼泽地到处都有蚊子和小昆虫。
• Scientists were stumped because migrating swarms normally come down to rest every night.
  科学家们困惑了，因为迁飞蝗群通常要每晚落地休息。
• The dead sheep was covered with swarms of flies.
  这头死羊身上被苍蝇叮得满满的。