swarm

/swɔːrm/

意味: 群れ

例文: A swarm of bees chased Momo.
　　  蜂の群れがモモを追いかけた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: swarm of bees(蜂の群れ), swarm around(周りに群がる), swarm with(でいっぱいになる)

定義: 多くの昆虫や動物が一緒に動くことを指します。特に、蜂やアリなどが集団で移動する様子を表します。また、人々が一斉に集まることにも使われます。

swarmは約400,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a moving crowd
Noun: a group of many things in the air or on the ground
Verb: be teeming, be abuzz
Verb: move in large numbers

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Noun: a swarm of insects obscured the light
Noun: clouds of blossoms
Noun: it discharged a cloud of spores
Verb: The garden was swarming with bees
Verb: The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen
Verb: her mind pullulated with worries
Verb: people were pouring out of the theater
Verb: beggars pullulated in the plaza

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): cloud, drove, horde, pour, pullulate, stream, swarm, teem

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): crowd, group, hum

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): actinoid, army, arrangement, association, biological group, circuit, citizenry, collection, community, crush, drove, edition, electron shell, ethnic group, halogen, herd, huddle, kingdom, mass, mob, multitude, overcrowd, people, phalanx, population, pour, race, rare earth, sainthood, series, social group, straggle, subgroup, swarm, system, teem, throng, troop, varna, world

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): crawl, infestation, spill over

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: stream, swarm

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: disgust