Swarm



GRE Barron TOEFL 考研

GRE Barron TOEFL 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 蜜蜂) 一群, 一群 ( 人)
• ［英］ n. ( 蜜蜂) 一群, 一群 ( 人) ( a great number of animate or inanimate things;throng)
• ［例］ a swarm of insects / swarms of sightseers

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English swearm; akin to Old High German swaram swarm and probably to Latin susurrus hum
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
  • b. a colony of honeybees settled in a hive
• 2.
  • a. a large number of animate or inanimate things massed together and usually in motion ; throng <swarms of sightseers><a swarm of locusts><a swarm of meteors>
  • b. a number of similar geological features or phenomena close together in space or time <a swarm of dikes><an earthquake swarm>

II. verb

• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to form and depart from a hive in a swarm
  • 2.
    • a. to move or assemble in a crowd ; throng
    • b. to hover about in the manner of a bee in a swarm
  • 3. to contain a swarm ; teem <swarming with bugs>
• transitive verb
  • 1. to fill with a swarm
  • 2. to beset or surround in a swarm <players swarming the quarterback>
• ? swarmer noun

III. verb

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • to climb with the hands and feet; specifically shin <swarm up a pole>
• transitive verb
  • to climb up ; mount

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