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throng

/thrawng, throng/US // θrɔŋ, θrɒŋ //UK // (θrɒŋ) //

拥挤的人群,蜂拥而至,蜂拥而至的人群,拥挤不堪的人群

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
    • : a great number of things crowded or considered together: a throng of memories.
    • : Chiefly Scot. pressure, as of work.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to assemble, collect, or go in large numbers; crowd.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to crowd or press upon; jostle.
    • : to fill or occupy with or as with a crowd: He thronged the picture with stars.
    • : to bring or drive together into or as into a crowd, heap, or collection.
    • : to fill by crowding or pressing into: They thronged the small room.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Scot. and North England.

    • : filled with people or objects; crowded.
    • : filled with things to do; busy.

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Examples

  • The demonstrations were entirely different scenes from this past March, when hundreds of protesters, including children, thronged the city’s streets to call for a full reopening of schools.

  • Luxury cars full of families traverse the island, while throngs of others walk or ride bikes on the tree-lined streets.

  • When the person falls — and they usually do — throngs of people who’ve helped make the social media spectacle known as the Milk Crate Challenge the latest viral phenomenon proceed to sing a chorus of “Oh!”

  • With its loose application requirements, PUA instantly drew throngs of scammers.

  • In a similar vein, the companies have suspended or modified activities and attractions that draw throngs of spectators.

  • The throng took a collective breath before retreating back behind their office doors.

  • Cuomo shouted to the throng of elected officials gathered at the head of the parade.

  • She said the drug bridge drew the predictable sensationalism from a press throng that took its drug use cues from tamer festivals.

  • With that, he took a huff off a morning joint and moved into the throng of jovial patrons.

  • I threaded my way through the silent throng of spectators, but was stopped at Fourth Street by a cordon of police.

  • Above, great standard electric lamps shed their white glare upon the eddying throng casting a myriad of grotesque shadows.

  • It was eleven o'clock when he went out and joined the throng of people sunning themselves on the walk beside the lake.

  • Down in the hall a great throng of guests passed from the room into the garden and back again.

  • Lamb worked his way up into the throng and got a glimpse of the other guy getting stiff on the backroom floor.

  • A throng of young girls, gleaning, followed the reapers and raked up the ears that fell.