单词 | huddle |
释义 | huddlen. 1. a. A mass of things crowded together in hurried confusion; a conglomeration. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun] > a disorderly collection rabblea1398 hotchpotc1405 hotchpotchc1410 mishmashc1475 gaggle?1478 chaos?1550 humble-jumble1550 huddle1587 wilderness1594 lurry1607 hatterc1626 farragoa1637 bumble1648 higgledy-piggledy1659 jumble1661 clutter1666 hugger-mugger1674 litter1730 imbroglio1753 confusion1791 cludder1801 hurrah's nest1829 hotter1834 welter1857 muddle1863 splatter1895 shamble1926 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. xxxvii. 24/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Ill haps come by heapes and by huddels. 1633 Match at Mid-night iv. sig. G4v Randalls fortunes comes tumbling in, like Lawyers Fees, hudole vpon huddle. 1724 J. Macky Journey through Eng. (ed. 2) II. iii. 34 The famous Stone-henge, one of the wonders of England..is a great huddle of large Stones, placed in a circular Form. 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 50 156 A mere huddle and conglomeration of chances. 1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 1 It gradually grew from a huddle of booths to a town. 1906 Daily Chron. 5 Mar. 6/6 A really fine organic city and not a mere gigantic huddle of apartment dwellings. b. A confused crowd of persons or animals. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of people or animals > confused huddle1642 scrum1905 1642 Vindic. King p. v A seditious huddle of indigent people. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xvi. 560 In such a huddle and mixture of loose People of all conditions. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. xi. 260 It frighted the Women, who were all got in a huddle together, out of their Wits. View more context for this quotation 1820 L. Hunt Indicator No. 64 (1822) II. 94 The Walruses..which lie in gigantic huddles upon the ice fields. 1924 W. M. Raine Troubled Waters viii. 79 Beyond the post office a great huddle of sheep was being driven forward. 1959 Listener 26 Feb. 384/3 Stanley Spencer's ‘Temptation of St. Anthony’, with its huddle of precisely drawn nudes. 2. Thesaurus » a. Confusion, disorder; confused utterance. b. Disorderly or indecent haste, hurry, bustle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > disorderly huddle1606 flurrya1774 fudder1866 spuffling1893 1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher ii. sig. C O noble Crone, Now such a huddle and kettle neuer was. 1606 G. Chapman Gentleman Vsher iii. sig. D4v Nay, he speakes huddles still, lets slit his tongue. 1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 149 The next day, the opinions of the Council being demanded in a huddle, and over-rul'd by the Consul. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths I. 296 The service was performed..with more harmony and less huddle than I have known it. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Crit. Rev. in Wks. (1886) XXIII. 160 Introduced..not..for mere picturesque effect or ornamental huddle. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > shovelboard, etc. > [noun] > type of throw huddle1577 1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 84/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I When the Lieutenant and he [sc. the earl] for their disport were playing at slidegrote or shofleboorde... By S. Bryde, Lieutenant (quoth he) there is some madde game in that scrole: but fall how it will, this throwe is for an huddle. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > old or churlish chuffc1440 huddle1578 nabal1586 curmudgeon1587 cormullion1596 hunks1602 nabalite1612 cuffc1616 chuff-cat1653 codger1778 hunkster1842 sore-head1848 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 7 So these olde huddles hauing ouercharged their gorges with fancie, accompt all honest recreation meere follly. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 38v Though Curio bee olde huddle and twange, ipse. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 53 God sheild aunswered this olde huddle, I haue two seruauntes of that price. 1604 J. Marston Malcontent i. iii. sig. B2 How do's thy young wife old huddle? 4. A close or secret conference; esp. in to go into a huddle, to hold a secret conference, to consult specially (about something). colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [noun] > private meeting closeting1762 huddle1929 the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > private or secret rounOE collationc1384 consultc1634 huddle1929 1929 E. Looker White House Gang i. 13 The Gang was recruited, and..it went into a huddle, to confound all rules of deportment in high places. 1932 Harper's Mag. Apr. 600 ‘When an agent comes,’ explains René, ‘we have a little conférence. We go into what you call a huddle, yes?’ 1934 E. Linklater Magnus Merriman xi. 128 Your girl-friends'll need to go into a huddle to think up something to beat that one. 1938 F. S. Fitzgerald Let. 5 Sept. (1964) 93 I'm going into a huddle on this script and probably won't be able to write you again at length before Vassar starts. 1947 J. Bertram Shadow of War 318 He went into a huddle with one of his minions. 1959 ‘A. Gilbert’ Third Crime Lucky iii. 49 If he writes in he wants to make some of what he never earned over to us there'll be a huddle. 1972 ‘M. Yorke’ Silent Witness v. 121 Then she got scared when he was missing and that's why she and Roy were in a worried huddle this morning. 5. Bridge. A period of meditation during which a player considers his next call or play. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > actions or tactics > period of meditation huddle1934 1934 Amer. Speech 9 11/1 A huddle is a session of silent thought indulged in by a player either during the bidding or during play. 1964 R. L. Frey & A. F. Truscott Official Encycl. Bridge 248/1 If the huddle is followed by a positive action, usually no harm is done to the opponents. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2020). † huddleadj.adv. Obsolete. A. adj. Huddled, confused, congested. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adjective] confusec1384 yblent1426 intermellé1487 farraginary1538 puddled1559 confused1576 promiscuous1579 pell-mell1584 ravelleda1586 mingle-mangle1589 rumblingc1598 skimble-skamble1598 huddle1601 plundered1601 promiscual1602 jumbled1611 promiscous1656 bedevilled1755 helter-skelter1785 muddly1829 hugger-mugger1840 wildered1853 pied1870 deurmekaar1871 mixed-up1888 screwed-up1942 snafu1942 scrambled1951 untogether1969 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adjective] > crowded together > crowded together in disorderly way huddle1601 huddled1644 shuffled1683 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 162 Mowing with his mouth when hee spake,..in his huddle and thicke speech. 1698 W. Philips Revengeful Queen iii. 25 A suddain, huddle, indigested thought Rowls in my brain. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 4 Apr. 2/1 The Huddle Group of those who stand most distant. B. adv. Confusedly; in a crowding mass; in disorderly haste. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [adverb] pelly mellya1500 ribble-rabble?a1525 confusely1540 huddlea1555 confusedly1566 pell-mell1579 tag-rag1582 helter-skelter1593 promiscuously1593 pell-mell1596 confusively1599 mel-pella1600 promiscually1602 squimble-squamble1611 promiscuous1616 clutteringly1624 promiscously1635 perplexly1670 skimble-skamble1775 skimper-scamper1778 hodge-podge1848 hugger-mugger1880 rumble-jumble1887 muddledly1914 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > hastily or hurriedly > disorderly huddlea1555 pell-mellc1586 helter-skelter1593 tumultuously1597 huddlingly1615 a1555 N. Ridley in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 77 Al that was..tumultuously spoken, &..obiected of so many, whiche spake oftentimes hudle, so that one could not well heare an other. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Bvijv He..woulde not moue his foote withall, But, huddle he would roule. c1580 tr. Bugbears i. ii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 98 308 Old men speake hudell many times on that note [cuckold]. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvii. xl. 658 All dangers come huddle together. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. iv. xii. 81 Then no order forward can be kept: the rest thereof shall be set downe huddle by heapes. 1606 Wily Beguilde 34 I haue suitors comes huddle, twoes vpon twoes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). huddlev. I. transitive. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)] heeleOE forhelec888 i-hedec888 dernc893 hidec897 wryOE behelec1000 behidec1000 bewryc1000 forhidec1000 overheleOE hilla1250 fealc1325 cover1340 forcover1382 blinda1400 hulsterc1400 overclosec1400 concealc1425 shroud1426 blend1430 close1430 shadow1436 obumber?1440 mufflea1450 alaynec1450 mew?c1450 purloin1461 to keep close?1471 oversilec1478 bewrap1481 supprime1490 occulta1500 silec1500 smoor1513 shadec1530 skleir1532 oppressa1538 hudder-mudder1544 pretex1548 lap?c1550 absconce1570 to steek away1575 couch1577 recondite1578 huddle1581 mew1581 enshrine1582 enshroud1582 mask1582 veil1582 abscondc1586 smotherc1592 blot1593 sheathe1594 immask1595 secret1595 bemist1598 palliate1598 hoodwinka1600 overmaska1600 hugger1600 obscure1600 upwrap1600 undisclose1601 disguise1605 screen1611 underfold1612 huke1613 eclipsea1616 encavea1616 ensconcea1616 obscurify1622 cloud1623 inmewa1625 beclouda1631 pretext1634 covert1647 sconce1652 tapisa1660 shun1661 sneak1701 overlay1719 secrete1741 blank1764 submerge1796 slur1813 wrap1817 buttress1820 stifle1820 disidentify1845 to stick away1900 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 12 b To chop of the head of the sentence, and slyly huddle the rest [L. qui sententiæ caput abscindens astute reliqua subtices]. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxvi. 102 They..neither can of them selues, neither ought at my hand to be hudled vp in silence. 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso xxxv. xix. 291 Time there, doth all in darke obliuion huddle. a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 285 The matter was hudled up, and little spoken of it. 1680 T. Otway Orphan iii. 30 I do not like this Marriage Hudl'd i'th' dark and done at too much Venture. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 2. ⁋15 His merit may pass without notice, huddled in the variety of things. 1795 J. Wolcot Wks. (1812) III. 329 Huddle up the News. 2. a. To pile or heap up confusedly; to crowd together closely and unceremoniously. (In earlier use the sense was sometimes simply, To jumble, mix up in confusion.) ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > crowd together > in a disorderly manner hoderc1330 clotter1537 pester1570 huddle1579 huddle1600 clutterc1610 lumber1678 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 229 She tolde me..that I was duller than a great thawe, huddleing iest vpon iest. View more context for this quotation 1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood vii. xi. 252 This Genealogie is in this partie much hudled. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Huddle, to confound or mingle things together, after a confused manner. 1897 H. Caine Christian i. x. 45 The furniture was huddled about in disorder. b. Also with together, up. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > crowd together > in a disorderly manner hoderc1330 clotter1537 pester1570 huddle1579 huddle1600 clutterc1610 lumber1678 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 63/1 That matters might not be huddeled and scuffled vppe together confusedly, and without order. 1581 W. Charke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) iv. Ee iij b You confound and huddle them together. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. vi. 15 A heap of wildernesses hudled up together. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 74 Those..Writers..huddle together what ever they meet with in former Authors. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. v. 376 The matter would seem to be huddled up in this manner merely to suppress discoveries. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 122 A bullet might easily reach them, if huddled together in a flock. 1875 A. Maclaren Serm. 2nd Ser. xii. 211 Huddling together in grotesque chaos things which are utterly diverse. c. To contract or draw (oneself) together ‘all of a heap’; to coil up unceremoniously. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > act of drawing body into compact form > drawn into compact form [verb (transitive)] shrinkc1374 shrug1603 mitch1612 huddle1755 scrunch1844 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iv. xv. 433 He chose his ground, on which he huddled himself up, and enjoyed a most profound sleep. 1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 104 That at least he might not die huddled up like a cow. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped iv. 36 He lay as he had fallen, all huddled. 3. a. To push or thrust in a disorderly mass or heap, into, out of (etc.) some place. ΘΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > push > in a disorderly manner poach1528 shuffle1567 huddle1655 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > crowd together > in a disorderly manner > into or out of some place huddle1655 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iv. 164 The obscurity of his burial (huddled into his grave at Langley). 1808 Salmagundi 25 Jan. 406 To white-wash my room and put things in order: a phrase which..means little else than huddling every thing into holes and corners. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xix. 324 We were huddled out like a flock of sheep, by a file of soldiers with loaded muskets. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. II. 292 They huddled the king's body into a postchaise. 1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 47 Reform bills..are huddled or juggled through a House of fretful or feverish senators. b. with on: To put on (clothes) hurriedly and ‘all of a heap’. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > put on > in hasty or careless manner warpa1400 to throw ona1450 slip?a1513 slip1590 to steal on1649 huddle1697 slive1820 scuffle1844 1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse ii. 29 So huddle on my Cloaths, and get drest by One. 1709 M. Prior Hans Carvel 34 At Twelve She rose, with much ado Her Cloaths were huddl'd on by Two. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. iii. 65 The Friar..had huddled a friar's frock over his green cassock. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. ix. 225 You must positively go back into your dressing-room, and huddle your things on as fast as you can. 1868 A. Helps Realmah II. xv. 193 His clothes seem to be huddled on anyhow. 4. a. To drive or push hurriedly, and without order or ceremony; to hurry (a person or thing). ? Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > impel or drive animates > forcibly or unceremoniously jostle1602 huddle1649 kick1678 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > cause to be done rapidly > hasten or hurry > with disorder or confusion huddle1649 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxiv. 192 I shall huddle him as he does Prayers. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 74 You have hudled your Book too soon to the Presse. 1685 Earl of Rochester Valentinian iii. iii Trembling through Terror lest he come too late They huddle his Dispatch while at the Gate. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 60 Let him forecast his Work with timely care, Which else is huddl'd, when the Skies are fair. View more context for this quotation b. with over, through: To hurry through, run over, or perform in a hurried slovenly way. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > perform without accuracy or thoroughness to toy with ——1563 skima1586 slubber1592 slobber1630 huddle1648 to shuffle over, through1656 slobber1765 slattern1781 scuffle1785 slur1857 perfunctorize1866 smatter1881 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > do hurriedly and carelessly > go through or over to run over ——1577 slubber1592 huddle1648 scuffle1844 slur1857 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 102 To continue in the Church while a Masse is briefly hudled over. 1696 tr. A. Duquesne New Voy. E.-Indies 167 We presently huddled over a few prayers, according to custom. 1799 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 261 I have suffered the post hour to come so nearly on me, that I must huddle over what I have more than appears in the public papers. 1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Mar. 5/4 The solemnities had to be huddled through at express speed. c. with up: To hurry the completion of; to work up, finish up, or compile, in haste and without proper care; to botch up hastily. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > do hurriedly and carelessly > make, compile, or concoct to shuffle up1532 rash1570 huddle1579 to knock upc1580 to clap upa1616 to run up1686 to knock out1856 to knock off1886 whang1935 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > perform without accuracy or thoroughness > construct or compile carelessly to clap upc1530 ruffle1533 huddle1579 to knock off1886 1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 59 They were hudlid and as you know bunglid upp in more haste then good speede. 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. iii. 147 Him~selfe [Vitellius]..hudled up the election of officers [L. festinare comitia]. 1692 J. Ray Dissol. World (1732) Pref. 15 Too hasty in huddling up and tumbling out of Books. 1721 J. Swift Corr. in Wks. (1841) II. 556 I was in fear lest the post should be gone, and so..huddled up without thinking of the date. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 412 And reading..Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene. 1839 T. B. Macaulay Gladstone in Ess. (1860) II. 440 She sprang from a compromise huddled up between the eager zeal of reformers and the selfishness of greedy, ambitious, and time-serving politicians. 5. To hug. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (transitive)] clipc950 freeOE beclipc1000 windc1175 fang?c1200 yokec1275 umgripea1300 to take in (also into, on) one's armsc1300 umbefold14.. collc1320 lapc1350 bracec1375 embracec1386 clapa1400 folda1400 halsea1400 umbeclapa1400 accollc1400 fathomc1400 halchc1400 haspc1400 hoderc1440 plighta1450 plet?a1500 cuddlec1520 complect1523 umbfoldc1540 clasp1549 culla1564 cully1576 huggle1583 embosom1590 wrap1594 collya1600 cling1607 bosom1608 grasp1609 comply1648 huddlea1650 smuggle1679 inarm1713 snuggle1775 cwtch1965 a1650 Ld. Barnard & Lit. Musgrave 24 in Furniv. Percy Folio I. 121 But lie still, lie still, litle Musgreue, and huddle me from the cold. c1665 in Roxburghe Ballads (1891) VII. 366 But huddle and cuddle, wee'l toy and wee'll kiss. 1811 R. Willan List Words W. Riding Yorks. (E.D.S.) Huddle, to embrace. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Huddle, (1) to embrace, to squeeze, to hug, to cuddle. II. intransitive. 6. To gather or flock in a congested mass; to crowd together unceremoniously; to nestle closely in a heap. Also with together, up. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > crowd together > in a disorderly manner felterc1400 shroud1530 huddle1600 pig1637 jug1653 hotter1805 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 27 Glauncing an eye of pitty on his losses that haue of late so hudled on his backe. View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. v. 292 Different seasons would have hudled upon each other. View more context for this quotation a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 515 The people came huddling out of the severall Cities..to salute him. 1821 Ld. Byron Vision Judgm. xxvi The very cherubs huddled all together. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xv. 24 The cattle huddled on the lea. View more context for this quotation 1854 M. Howitt Pict. Cal. Seasons 528 The owl sits huddling by himself, The cold has pierced his body through. 1883 Cent. Mag. Aug. 487/2 Cozily huddling up to one another. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > be or become confused or disordered [verb (intransitive)] huggerc1547 confuse1630 huddle1646 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry > with disorder or confusion huddle1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xviii. 152 They will runne against things, and hudling forwards fall from high places. View more context for this quotation 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all Epil. sig. A4v As Country Vicars, when the Sermon's done, Run hudling to the Benediction. 1707 N. Rowe Golden Verses Pythagoras (R.) Fools huddle on, and always are in haste, Act without thought, and thoughtless words they waste. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. 522 That the Judges..might huddle in giving their Judgments, and so the Cause look more foul on their Side. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide xiii. ii. 90 How the Misses did huddle and scuddle, and run. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > take degree [verb (intransitive)] > perform exercises for huddle1798 1798 A. Wall Acct. Ceremonies Senate House Univ. Cambr. 112 If he has not kept the requisite exercises, (viz. two acts and two opponencies) he goes to the sophs' schools, and huddles for that part which he has not kept. At the huddleing the father of the college, a bachelor, and a soph, attend. 1841 G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. 73 The term huddling not unhappily expressed the indecent accumulation of the..exercises which the candidates..were anciently required to perform. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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