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.
例文
1. Why should she feed this horde of hungry men?
彼女はなぜこの餓鬼たちを養うのか。
2.A horde of children ran over the office building.
大勢の子供たちがオフィスビルを走り回っている。
3.He is the one righteous Englishman in a horde of tyrants.
彼は金持ちの悪党の中で唯一堂々としたイギリス人だ。
4.Two women were quarrelling on the street,surrounded by horde of people.