| 单词 | swarm |
| 释义 | swarm (once / 342 pages) nv A swarm is a good word for a large group of bees going on the attack — not good news. Like bees, any group of people or animals can be considered a swarm if they act together and quickly — even fiercely. On a hot day, when an ice-cream truck shows up, it's usually greeted by a swarm of hot, hungry kids. People at a concert can be a swarm — and people in the swarm can be hurt, because there's lots of pushing and shoving. When tickets for a popular movie go on sale, a swarm of people will swarm the theater. As you can see, swarm works as either a noun or verb, and people could teach bees a thing or two about swarming. WORD FAMILYswarm: swarmed, swarming, swarms USAGE EXAMPLESIn late September, one such swarm began in the northern Brawley Seismic Zone, with three measuring above magnitude 4. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) No injuries or damage were reported Sunday following what seismologists call a “swarm” of quakes. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) It was the tone-setting play on a night when Maryland’s swarming help defense forced 17 turnovers and compensated for a lack of height. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a group of many things in the air or on the ground a swarm of insects obscured the light Syn|Hypo|Hyper cloud infestation, plague a swarm of insects that attack plants group, grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit 2n a moving crowd Syn|Hyper drove, horde crowd a large number of things or people considered together 3v move in large numbers Syn|Hypo|Hyper pour, pullulate, stream, teem pour out, spill out, spill over be disgorged crowd, crowd together to gather together in large numbers 4v be teeming, be abuzz The garden was swarming with bees Syn|Hypo|Hyper pullulate, teem crawl be full of buzz, hum, seethe be noisy with activity |
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