新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

crowd

英  [kraʊd]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • crowds

    1[C 可数名词] 人群

    A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example, to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.

    近义词

    group , mass , throng

    反义词

    individual

    双语例句

    例:

    A huge crowd gathered in a square outside the Kremlin walls.

    一大群人聚集在了克里姆林宫墙外的广场上。

    例:

    It took some two hours before the crowd was fully dispersed.

    用了大约两个小时才把人群完全驱散。

    例:

    The crowd were enormously enthusiastic.

    人群十分热情。

    例:

    The explosions took place in shopping centres as crowds of people were shopping for Mothers' Day.

    爆炸发生在购物中心,当时大批人正在为母亲节购物。

    2[C 可数名词] 一帮(朋友) , 一群(志趣相投的人)

    A particular crowd is a group of friends, or a set of people who share the same interests or job.

    双语例句

    例:

    All the old crowd have come out for this occasion.

    所有老朋友都前来参加了这次活动。

    VERB. 动词
  • crowds , crowding , crowded

    1[I 不及物动词] 聚集

    When people crowd around someone or something, they gather closely together around them.

    近义词

    cluster

    双语例句

    例:

    The hungry refugees crowded around the tractors.

    饥饿的难民们围在拖拉机旁。

    2[I 不及物动词] 挤满 , 挤进

    If people crowd into a place or are crowded into a place, large numbers of them enter it so that it becomes very full.

    近义词

    pack , cram

    双语例句

    例:

    Hundreds of thousands of people have crowded into the centre of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.

    几十万人涌进了立陶宛首都维尔纽斯的中心。

    例:

    One group of journalists were crowded into a minibus.

    一群记者挤进了一辆面包车。

    3[T 及物动词] 挤满

    If a group of people crowd a place, there are so many of them there that it is full.

    近义词

    pack

    双语例句

    例:

    Thousands of demonstrators crowded the streets shouting slogans.

    数千名示威者喊着口号,挤满了街道。