单词 | horde |
释义 | horde /hawrd, hohrd/, n. , v. , horded, hording. n. 1. a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists. 2. a tribe or troop of Asian nomads. 3. any nomadic group. 4. a moving pack or swarm of animals: A horde of mosquitoes invaded the camp. v.i. 5. to gather in a horde: The prisoners horded together in the compound. [1545-55; earlier also hord, horda << Czech, Pol horda < Ukrainian dial. gordá, Ukrainian ordá, ORuss (orig. in Zolotaya orda the Golden Horde), via Mongolian or directly < Turkic ordu, orda royal residence or camp (later, any military encampment, army); cf. URDU] Syn. 1. mob, herd, throng. |
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