新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

swarm

英 [swɔːm]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

swarms
1. [C 可数名词] 大群（蜜蜂等昆虫）
A swarm of bees or other insects is a large group of them flying together.
双语例句
例：
a swarm of locusts.
一大群蝗虫。
2. [C 可数名词] （快速移动的）人群
A swarm of people is a large group of them moving about quickly.
近义词
horde
双语例句
例：
A swarm of people encircled the hotel.
人群包围了酒店。

VERB. 动词

swarms , swarming , swarmed
1. [I 不及物动词] （蜜蜂或其它昆虫）大群移动
When bees or other insects swarm, they move or fly in a large group.
双语例句
例：
A dark cloud of bees comes swarming out of the hive.
黑压压的一大群蜜蜂从蜂巢中涌出来。
2. [I 不及物动词] （人群）涌往
When people swarm somewhere, they move there quickly in a large group.
双语例句
例：
People swarmed to the shops, buying up everything in sight.
人们成群地涌入商场，看到什么就买什么。
3. [I 不及物动词] 挤满
If a place is swarming with people, it is full of people moving about in a busy way.
双语例句
例：
Within minutes the area was swarming with officers who began searching a nearby wood.
几分钟之内这个地方就挤满了警官，他们开始搜查附近的一片树林。

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