"in droves" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [英语]

  1. 成群结队,大量,蜂拥
    Sense id: zh-in_droves-en-prep_phrase-PbLX8rWA Categories (other): 有引文的英語詞, 英語引文翻譯請求
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (成群结队,大量,蜂拥): in spades
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語介詞短語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英语",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有引文的英語詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "英語引文翻譯請求",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002年October31日, Owen Gibson, “TV audiences desert news in droves”, 出自 The Guardian:",
          "text": "Viewers are switching off news and current affairs programmes in droves with shows such as Panorama, Tonight with Trevor McDonald and even Watchdog failing to connect with audiences, a new report claims."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022年November30日, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, 出自 RAIL, 期 971,頁號 79:",
          "text": "The difference to 2020 has been marked. People have returned to the railway in their droves, far faster than the pessimists predicted - especially this year, now that international travel restrictions have been lifted, bringing back foreign tourism."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "成群结队,大量,蜂拥"
      ],
      "id": "zh-in_droves-en-prep_phrase-PbLX8rWA"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "成群结队,大量,蜂拥",
      "word": "in spades"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in droves"
}
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    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "英語介詞短語",
    "英語詞元"
  ],
  "lang": "英语",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "有引文的英語詞",
        "英語引文翻譯請求"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002年October31日, Owen Gibson, “TV audiences desert news in droves”, 出自 The Guardian:",
          "text": "Viewers are switching off news and current affairs programmes in droves with shows such as Panorama, Tonight with Trevor McDonald and even Watchdog failing to connect with audiences, a new report claims."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022年November30日, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, 出自 RAIL, 期 971,頁號 79:",
          "text": "The difference to 2020 has been marked. People have returned to the railway in their droves, far faster than the pessimists predicted - especially this year, now that international travel restrictions have been lifted, bringing back foreign tourism."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "成群结队,大量,蜂拥"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "成群结队,大量,蜂拥",
      "word": "in spades"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in droves"
}

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