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huddled

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

蜷缩在一起的,蜷缩在一起,蜷缩着,蜷缩着的

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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

  • He was the team’s hype man in the huddle after warmups, a role typically assumed by veterans, and the most vocal player on the sideline and between plays.

  • We want to make sure the interactions and the huddle spaces, the places where visitors will gather, are spaced out enough.

  • When they need tissues from Mary’s desk, they stay in that tight huddle as they shuffle over.

  • Work from this observatory supplements observations by on-site researchers and has allowed Zitterbart’s team to develop mathematical models that accurately forecast penguin huddles.

  • This penguin, known as the mover, waddles in search of new neighbors in the relative warmth of the huddle’s leeward side.

  • Dozens of tearful family members huddled at the Surabaya and Singapore airports, anxiously awaiting news of loved ones.

  • We huddled up and the boy snapped the photo, then handed me the camera.

  • The rebels then turned their guns on the family huddled in the Opal.

  • Yet the tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free did not always find what they expected in America.

  • Contestants, huddled on the couches of a communal room, clutched their faces in shock and some broke into sobs.

  • Elmer Spiker, mine host of the inn, was huddled close to the stove, and was reading by the light of a lamp.

  • They huddled together until another shock threw them one upon another.

  • The people huddled together, and looked into each others' appalled faces, and no man said a word.

  • The point where we stood—a huddled, shivering group—faced the wider channels that led to the open sea and Finland.

  • He was on the sand-bar before I could see him clearly, and coming straight toward where I was huddled in the brush.