N-PLURAL [usually in NOUN] 人群 If you say that people are going somewhere or doing something in droves, you are emphasizing that there is a very large number of them. 人群 [emphasis] [Also + of]
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Scientists are leaving the country in droves.
科学家们正成批地离开这个国家。
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In the warm petrol-scented night, droves of young men and girls were strolling along the quays and packing the bars.
在这个温暖的夜晚里,空气中弥漫着汽油的味道,成群结队的年轻男女或是漫步在码头边或是泡在酒吧间。
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