Drove
[drəʊv] or [drov]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone.
(noun.) a moving crowd.
(noun.) a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together.
海尔格校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(imp.) of Drive
(imp.) of Drive.
(n.) A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
(n.) Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
(n.) A crowd of people in motion.
(n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
(n.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
(n.) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel.
(n.) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.
編輯:朱尔斯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Herd, flock.[2]. Crowd, collection.
手打:洛葛仙妮
解釋/意思:
pa.t. of Drive.—n. a number of cattle or other animals driven.—n. Drov′er one whose occupation is to drive cattle: (Spens.) a boat.
手打:西尔维亚
例句/造句/用法:
- A serious occurrence that might have resulted in accident drove him soon after from Canada, although the youth could hardly be held to blame for it. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- General Sherman, leaving a force to hold Atlanta, with the remainder of his army fell upon him and drove him to Gadsden, Alabama. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- We drove slowly in this matting-covered tunnel and came out onto a bare cleared space where the railway station had been. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Beams crossed the opening down into the main floor where the hay-carts drove in when the hay was hauled in to be pitched up. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The post-chaise drove up to the door shortly afterwards; and Giles coming in for the luggage, the good doctor bustled out, to see it packed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- It was as if the eager current of her being had been checked by a sudden obstacle which drove it back upon itself. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- He had been too fond of his cousin to like to confess this to himself, until the truth had been forced on him, when she drove off to her aunt's. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Well, we came to the old boat again in good time at night; and there Mr. and Mrs. Barkis bade us good-bye, and drove away snugly to their own home. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He drove it back to his workshop and made certain changes in the reel and the divider. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- A cold grey sky threatened rain, and a high wind drove the dust in wild spirals up and down the streets. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Human society began, just as herds and droves begin among animals, by the family delaying its breaking up. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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