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单词 horde
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horde
noun
oftendisapproving
uk
/hɔːd/us
/hɔːrd/
[C]
alargegroupofpeople:
（人）群
Hordesofstudentsonbikesmadecrossingtheroaddifficult.一群群学生骑着自行车鱼贯而行，弄得别人过马路都很困难。
in their hordesinformal
in verygreatnumbers:
一大批
When theyheardtheconcertwasfree, they came intheirhordes.当听说音乐会免费的时候，人们大批地涌来。
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(Definition ofhordefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

horde| American Dictionary

horde
noun[C]
us
/hɔrd,hoʊrd/
alargegroup,esp. ofpeople:
A horde ofreporterswaitedon thelawnoutsidetheWhiteHouse.
(Definition ofhordefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Ever-increasing hordes of minor officials, without experience or responsibility, are clogging the machine.
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One does not have to employ hordes of journalists or to spend much money to do that.
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Hordes of officials for the farmers to pay.
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We are not talking about hordes of people crossing the countryside at night.
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I see in it an instrument which will create the need for hours of fruitless work and hordes of fruitless workers.
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There have not had to be hordes working.
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I saw hordes of youths coming out of pubs, and presumably that is where they got their alcohol on this occasion.
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I hope that we will hear definitely about this, because nobody wants hordes of snoopers descending on his farm.
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There is no need to have hordes of people.
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I have often had occasion to admire the courage with which he stands up to the hordes who come after him on this subject.
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They called in the hordes to vote on that amendment.
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The result is that they are let out as we find them with hordes of people living in them under terrible conditions.
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Almost anything is better than aimlessly roaming the streets in hordes.
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If hordes of people are needed to track down potential defaulters, the cost of the operation will be substantially increased.
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They do not object to one or two, but when they come in hordes they can remove the entire fruit crop.
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