1550s, from West Turkic (compare Tatar urda "horde," Turkish ordu "camp, army"), to English via Polish, French, or Spanish. The initial -h- seems to have been acquired in Polish. Transferred sense of "uncivilized gang" is from 1610s. Related: Hordes.
实用例句
1. Why should she feed this horde of hungry men?
她干吗要养活这群饿痨鬼 呢 ?
来自飘(部分)
2. A horde of children ran over the office building.
一大群孩子在办公大楼里到处奔跑.
来自辞典例句
3. He is the one righteous Englishman in a horde of tyrants.
他是一群土豪恶棍中唯一一个堂堂正正的英国人.
来自辞典例句
4. Two women were quarrelling on the street, surrounded by horde of people.