- past of DRIVE.DRIVE的过去式。
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- a herd or flock of animals being driven in a body（被驱赶的）畜群：
a drove of cattle.
被驱赶的牛群。
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- a large number of people or things doing or undergoing the same thing一批相似的东西; （做着相同事的）人群：
tourists have stayed away in droves this summer.
今年夏天成批的游客外出旅行。
with obj.［usu. as noun droving］
- historical drive (livestock, especially cattle) to market, typically as one's job〈史〉（尤指作为职业）把（牛等牲畜）赶到市场上去：
the droving trade.
赶牲口行业。
派生词
drover
noun词源
Old English drāf, related to drīfan 'to drive'.