Huddle
['hʌd(ə)l] or ['hʌdl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (informal) a quick private conference.
(noun.) a disorganized and densely packed crowd; 'a huddle of frightened women'.
(verb.) crowd or draw together; 'let's huddle together--it's cold!'.
(verb.) crouch or curl up; 'They huddled outside in the rain'.
杰克逊整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.
(v. t.) To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
(v. t.) To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together.
(n.) A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion.
约瑟芬校對
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Throw together in confusion.
v. n. Crowd, press together in confusion.
n. Crowd, tumult, disorder, confusion, disturbance.
戴夫校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Mix, confuse, derange, heap
ANT:Assort, arrange, adjust, classify
編輯:兰德尔
解釋/意思:
v.i. to put up things confusedly: to hurry in disorder: to crowd.—v.t. to throw or crowd together in confusion: to put on hastily.—n. a crowd: tumult: confusion.
錄入:索菲娅
例句/造句/用法:
- The world does not huddle and bend them to a task. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- There was a scream from the women all huddled in the doorway to look at us--a shout from the men--two of them down but not hurt. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- For hours the fury of the storm continued without surcease, and still the tribe huddled close in shivering fear. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He shuffles slowly into Mr. George's gallery and stands huddled together in a bundle, looking all about the floor. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Nothing more they found, and it was a thoroughly awed and frightened group of savages which huddled around their king a few moments later. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Another instant found us huddled on the tiny deck. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The savages sat huddled close together round their fire, with fruits, bones, and half-putrid flesh. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Six children are huddled into one bed to keep from freezing, for they have no fire. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Osborne said, seizing the white cashmere shawl from his friend's arm, and huddling up Amelia in it. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
錄入:洛根