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    droves查询结果如下:

    音标:[d'rəʊvz]
    基本释义/说明:n.一群人
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    n.
    一群人
    -droves的不同词性形态

    形容词 变体/同根词

    Capable of being driven (as a vehicle). || Capable of being driven on safely or successfully (as a road or other surface).
    “The road leading into the village was a stinking morass of oil and dirt that resembled an airline crash site more then a driveable path.”
    “Our attention also focuses on making the engine as driveable as possible, especially in terms of torque control.”
    “The models will be driveable using the electric motor only, although they will not have as much pure-electric range as a Chevrolet Volt.”
    Capable of being driven (as a vehicle). || Capable of being driven on safely or successfully (as a road or other surface).
    “It is legally drivable in the streets and can cruise on freeways at the speed of a regular car.”
    “Although not drivable or controllable by players, choppers and Humvees roam the maps on set paths.”
    “By winter they had a drivable car, and by fall, they were racing it on autocross tracks.”
    That drives (a mechanism or process). || (of wind, rain, etc): That drives forcefully; strong; forceful; violent
    “Consumer spending was the driving force behind growth this summer.”
    Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals. || (of snow) Formed into snowdrifts by wind.
    “Steven was highly driven in his quest to become a professional musician.”
    Without a driver.
    “Perhaps because of this, Kalanick has expressed his desire to one day have driverless Uber vehicles.”
    “While the finished product is probably years from hitting the market, the era of driverless cars is closer than you think.”
    “Personally, I think it’s pretty foolish until we have driverless cars, but when that happens, let’s do it!”

    动词 变体/同根词

    To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance. || (transitive) To finish (stone) with a drove chisel.
    (transitive) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on. || (transitive, intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal. || (transitive) To cause animals to flee out of. || (transitive) To move (something) by hitting it with great force. || (transitive) To cause (a mechanism) to operate. || (transitive, ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle). || (transitive) To motivate; to provide an incentive for. || (transitive) To compel (to do something). || (transitive) To cause to become. || (intransitive, cricket, tennis, baseball) To hit the ball with a drive. || (intransitive) To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle. || (transitive) To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle. || (intransitive) To move forcefully. || (intransitive) To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship). || (transitive) To urge, press, or bring to a point or state. || (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. || (transitive) To clear, by forcing away what is contained. || (mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. || (American football) To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field. || (过时的,旧时用法) To distrain for rent.
    “Faced with the prospect of incarceration, Thelma and Louise would drive their car off a cliff into the Grand Canyon.”
    “My past failures would actually drive me to work harder.”
    “A hammer strong enough to drive a nail into a wall must also be capable of crushing your thumb.”
    词组

    in droves

    成群结队, 陆陆续续

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