| 单词 | huddle |
| 释义 | huddle (hʌdəl ) Word forms: huddles , huddling , huddled 1. verb If you huddle somewhere, you sit, stand, or lie there holding your arms and legs close to your body, usually because you are cold or frightened. She huddled inside the porch as she rang the bell. [VERB preposition/adverb] Myrtle sat huddled on the side of the bed, weeping. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: curl up, crouch, hunch up, nestle 2. verb If people huddle together or huddle round something, they stand, sit, or lie close to each other, usually because they all feel cold or frightened. Tired and lost, we huddled together. [VERB adverb/preposition] ...strangers huddling together for warmth. [VERB adverb/preposition] Hundreds of people huddled around a single radio listening to the announcement. [VERB adverb/preposition] The survivors spent the night huddled around bonfires. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: crowd, press, gather, collect 3. verb If people huddle in a group, they gather together to discuss something quietly or secretly. The only people in the store were three young employees, huddled in the corner chatting. [VERB] The president has been huddling with his most senior aides. [VERB + with] He was huddled with his advisers in Ottawa yesterday to review strategy. [VERB-ed] 4. countable noun A huddle is a small group of people or things that are standing very close together or lying on top of each other, usually in a disorganized way. We lay there: a huddle of bodies, gasping for air. [+ of] Les kept seeing Eric and Tam in a huddle and he knew they were talking about him. ...the huddle of dark houses on the other side of the reservoir. Synonyms: crowd, mass, bunch, cluster Collocations: huddle together When a penalty corner is awarded, the short corner team of about six guys huddle together and wait to receive the 'call' from the bench. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Others sat huddled together on the kind of armless couch usually seen in medical waiting rooms. SLEEP WHILE I SING We might all be cave dwellers still, huddled together and dreaming of light and heat. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The extended family huddled together for warmth at night. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The journalists, wearing helmets and flak jackets, had stayed huddled together on the second floor. The Sun (2011) Translations: Chinese: 蜷缩由于寒冷或害怕而, 蜷缩由于寒冷或害怕而 Japanese: 身を縮める, 群れ |
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