hordes

英 [hɔːdz]

美 [hɔrdz]

n.  一大群人
horde的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （熙攘、纷扰的）一大帮人，一大伙人
  If you describe a crowd of people as ahorde, you mean that the crowd is very large and excited and, often, rather frightening or unpleasant.
  1. This attracts hordes of tourists to Las Vegas.
     这吸引了成群结队的游客到拉斯韦加斯来。
  2. ...a horde of people was screaming for tickets.
     一大群人在嚷着要票。

双语例句

• He had hordes of children and a washed-out wife.
  他有一大群孩子和一个身心疲惫的妻子。
• China had plenty of land in the first place, and only the asiatic hordes expanded into Europe.
  一开始中国有大量的土地，而且只有亚洲游牧族扩张到了欧洲地区。
• For every one or two talented people in any group of artists, there are hordes of talentless hangers-on.
  在任何一群艺术家中，每一两个有才华的人周围总有一帮平庸无能的溜须拍马者。
• Hordes of Mongols and Turks invaded Europe in the Middle Ages.
  蒙古和土耳其的蛮族在中古世纪时入侵欧洲。
• Some of their spells can enclose wide-ranging areas with fiery walls and keep whole hordes of monsters in check.
  他们的一些规定可以附上广泛领域与火保持整个墙壁和成群的怪物检查。
• Demon hordes have attacked the realm and abducted the king's daughter.
  妖魔群已经攻击区域并且诱拐国王的女儿。
• Having risen from the mire of swamps and marshes, the Orcish hordes have swept across this domain in the fulfillment of that destiny.
  从沼泽和湿地中崛起，兽人部落横扫这片领土以实现这个命运。
• And these unfortunate'witches 'usually vulnerable old women are still murdered by superstitious hordes ignorant of science.
  而这些不幸的“巫师”通常是弱小的老年妇女仍然会被迷信的、对科学无知的人群所谋杀。
• Even teachers and doctors have to beat off the gift-giving hordes.
  就连老师和医生也有围着送礼的人群需要赶走。
• We can afford to pay hordes of people to do nothing.
  我们有能力给一大群无所事事的人付钱。