throng
throng 英 [θrɒŋ] 美 [θrɔŋ]
n. 人群；众多 vt. 群集；挤满 vi. 蜂拥而至；群集
进行时:thronging 过去式:thronged 过去分词:thronged 第三人称单数:throngs 名词复数:throngs
- A throng is a crowd of people or animals. On the crowded platform, the throng of passengers attempted to push their way into the already overcrowded subway car.
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- n. 人群；众多
- vt. 群集；挤满
- vi. 蜂拥而至；群集
- adj. 拥挤的
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1. The jubilant throng is like the waves of the sea.
欢腾的人群宛如大海的波涛。
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2. Perhaps you normally prefer to work alone, but now want to immerse yourself in the throng.
也许通常你喜欢单独一人工作，但是现在你更想把自己淹没在人群中。
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3. Though he felt like a coward, he fell back into the middle of the throng.
一时间，他觉得自己真是个懦夫，平定了情绪之后他又回到了人群之中。
- throng (n.) c. 1300, probably shortened from Old English geþrang "crowd, tumult" (related to verb þringan "to push, crowd, press"), from Proto-Germanic *thrangan (source also of Old Norse þröng, Dutch drang, German Drang "crowd, throng").
- throng (v.) "go in a crowd," 1530s, from throng (n.). Earlier it meant "to press, crush" (c. 1400). Related: Thronged; thronging.
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