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huddle

/huhd-l/US // ˈhʌd l //UK // (ˈhʌdəl) //

挤在一起,蜷缩,团结一致,蜷缩成一团

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v.无主动词 verb
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    hud·dled, hud·dling.

    • : to gather or crowd together in a close mass.
    • : to crouch, curl up, or draw oneself together.
    • : Football. to get together in a huddle.
    • : to confer or consult; meet to discuss, exchange ideas, or make a decision.
v.有主动词 verb
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    hud·dled, hud·dling.

    • : to heap or crowd together closely.
    • : to draw closely together, as in crouching; nestle.
    • : Chiefly British. to do hastily and carelessly.
    • : to put on with careless haste.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a closely gathered group, mass, or heap; bunch.
    • : Football. a gathering of the offensive team in a close circle or line behind the line of scrimmage for instructions, signals, etc., from the team captain or quarterback, usually held before each offensive play.
    • : a conference, or consultation, especially a private meeting to discuss serious matters: The labor representatives have been in a huddle for two hours.
    • : confusion or disorder.

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Examples

  • Each space can vary in purpose, from a front-desk mock-up to a beach hangout or a design huddle.

  • Lantz recommends a “short and sweet huddle” each morning between employees and their direct reports, which ensures not only that work priorities are communicated, but also that employees feel a part of a community.

  • He is the king of breaking plays, of drawing up game-winners in the huddle, of making Hail Marys seem like certainties and using his imagination to make up for any of his team’s shortcomings.

  • We pause by the door, gather in a little triangle huddle and give each other a torrent of kisses.

  • At LSU, Matt was a Dance Cam regular and often joined the pregame huddle.

  • I like to imagine you in Friday Night Lights in the huddle doling out orders to everybody.

  • The House Armed Services Committee members are scheduled to huddle Tuesday for a classified briefing on Iraq.

  • On a green field below the sloping campus, teams huddle and plot strategy as group leaders and refs get the games into place.

  • The tornado sirens would go and then my parents would huddle us all in our storm shelter in the middle of the house.

  • On freezing days, there was no need to huddle outside the office for four minutes to suck down my dose.

  • Gila Bend had exasperated him because it was not the town it called itself, but a huddle of adobe huts.

  • They huddle together side by side and on top of one another, and look like a pile of plump sausages.

  • For the guidance of these energetic folk of ink and types, I will unfold a further huddle of details.

  • Alongside one of the buildings I came upon her sitting in a huddle of her most treasured possessions.

  • Others came riding in, saw the huddle before the mess-tent and came up to investigate.