swarm

noun

1. a group of many things in the air or on the ground

e.g. a swarm of insects obscured the light
clouds of blossoms
it discharged a cloud of spores

Synonym: cloud

2. a moving crowd

Synonym: drovehorde

verb

1. move in large numbers

e.g. people were pouring out of the theater
beggars pullulated in the plaza

Synonym: pourstreamteempullulate

2. be teeming, be abuzz

e.g. The garden was swarming with bees
The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen
her mind pullulated with worries

Synonym: teempullulate

1. (蜜蜂等昆虫的)一大群，一大窝
A swarm of bees or other insects is a large group of them flying together.

2. (蜜蜂等)成群飞行
When bees or other insects swarm, they move or fly in a large group.

e.g. A dark cloud of bees comes swarming out of the hive.
黑压压的一大群蜜蜂从蜂巢中飞出来。

3. (人)成群地涌动，蜂拥
When people swarm somewhere, they move there quickly in a large group.

e.g. People swarmed to the shops, buying up everything in sight.
人们成群地涌向商店，见什么买什么。

4. (快速移动的)人群
A swarm of people is a large group of them moving about quickly.

swarm的近义词

e.g. A swarm of people encircled the hotel...
一大群人围住了这个酒店。
e.g. Today at the crossing there were swarms of tourists taking photographs.
今天在十字路口有大群的游客在拍照。

5. 挤满，聚集(来来往往的人)
If a place is swarming with people, it is full of people moving about in a busy way.

swarm

e.g. Within minutes the area was swarming with officers who began searching a nearby wood.
几分钟内很多警察就来到了这一地区，开始搜查附近的树林。