hordes of: 成群的_时尚英语

hordes of: 成群的

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飓风"卡特里娜"连日来横扫墨西哥湾沿岸各州，为密西西比河注入了大量雨水并造成新奥尔良洪水泛滥，官员们表示，飓风可能已经造成美国数百人死亡。外电报道如下：

Several U.S. weather and news Web sites were deluged¹ by heavy traffic as hordes³ of people went online seeking emergency information and news on Hurricane Katrina, which battered⁴ the U.S. Gulf⁵ Coast.

Some of the graphic⁶ content on weather.com was not available from 6 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. on Sunday night, as the storm was approaching its Louisiana landfall, according to Keynote Systems Inc., which monitors Internet performance.

文中的“hordes of”的意思是“成群的；大批的”，如：A horde² of children ran over the office building.（一大群孩子在办公大楼里到处奔跑。）又如：There were hordes of fans waiting outside the theatre.（剧院外等着大批的狂热爱好者。）

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1 deluged
v.使淹没( deluge的过去式和过去分词 )；淹没；被洪水般涌来的事物所淹没；穷于应付
参考例句：
The minister was deluged with questions. 部长穷于应付像洪水般涌来的问题。来自《简明英汉词典》 They deluged me with questions. 他们向我连珠发问。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 horde
n.群众，一大群
参考例句：
A horde of children ran over the office building.一大群孩子在办公大楼里到处奔跑。 Two women were quarrelling on the street,surrounded by horde of people.有两个妇人在街上争吵，被一大群人围住了。

3 hordes
n.移动着的一大群( horde的名词复数 )；部落
参考例句：
There are always hordes of tourists here in the summer. 夏天这里总有成群结队的游客。 Hordes of journalists jostled for position outside the conference hall. 大群记者在会堂外争抢位置。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 battered
adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损
参考例句：
He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。 The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。

5 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

6 graphic
adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的
参考例句：
The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。 Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

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