English Dictionary

drove

IPA（発音記号）

/dɹəʊv/

名詞

広義 比喩的用法 通例複数形 集合名詞

A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.

日本語の意味

牛などの家畜を市場や新しい牧草地へ移動させるために、一団にまとめて行う移送作業（牛追い）や、そのときに形成される家畜の大群 / 牛の放牧行為、またはその結果生じる家畜の集団

As the sun dipped low, a drove thundered across the plain, sending up a plume of dust.

日が沈みかけると、牛の群れが平原をどっと駆け抜け、砂ぼこりを巻き上げた。

意味（1）

A cattle drive or the herd being driven by it; thus, a number of cattle driven to market or new pastures.

意味（2）

(figuratively, by extension, usually in the plural) A large number of people on the move (literally or figuratively).

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意味（3）

(collective) A group of hares.

意味（4）

A road or track along which cattle are habitually driven; a drove road.

意味（5）

A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.

意味（6）

A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface.

意味（7）

The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel.

droves （ plural ）