单词	crowded
释义	crowdedcrowd‧ed /ˈkraʊdɪd/ ●●● S3 adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a crowded elevator It was two weeks before Christmas and the mall was crowded with shoppers. The train was really crowded. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Behind the taxis is a crowded railway station and beyond that, the port. But judging by the crowded platform, nobody seems to mind. He was given an ancient, unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings. Lafaille's climbs give vivid illustration that adventure can still be found, even in the world's most crowded massif. My parents and Joan were on the crowded pavement near an ice-cream cart and a streamer seller. The steamer swings lowing through crowded waterways. When the population is put in the context of land size, Britain emerges clearly as a crowded island. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen a place is full of people► crowded so full of people that it is difficult to move or find a place to sit or stand: · The train was really crowded.· a crowded elevatorcrowded with: · It was two weeks before Christmas and the mall was crowded with shoppers. ► packed also packed out informal so full of people that there is almost no space left: · The club is so popular that it's usually packed by 9 o'clock.packed with: · St Peter's Square was packed with tourists.jam-packed (=completely full): · The football ground was absolutely jam-packed. ► overcrowded a place that is overcrowded has too many people in it and is unpleasant and uncomfortable: · The buses are filthy and overcrowded.· overcrowded prisons ► be swarming with if a place is swarming with people it is so crowded with them that it is difficult to move around - use this especially when a place is full of people you disapprove of or when you are annoyed that a place is so crowded: · The place was swarming with noisy schoolkids. ► teeming very full of people and activity: · the teeming streets of Cairoteeming with: · It was the start of the new semester, and the campus was teeming with students. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► crowded beach · In the summer the beaches get very crowded. ► overcrowded/crowded conditions · Families here are living in dirty, overcrowded conditions. ► crowded street (=with a lot of people)· The streets get very crowded at weekends. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► bar · Ranging around the crowded bar, his eyes settled on a group by the window.· Pushing temptation aside, he left the casino and walked into the crowded bar next door.· Led by the head waiter around a crowded bar we emerged into a restaurant with a breathtaking interior.· It was bizarre, surrealistic, a little enclave of cancer patients in a noisy, crowded bar.· Michael and Terry were sitting in a crowded bar. ► city · It snakes in and out of ports, along our busiest highways and through our most crowded cities.· It is really a very crowded city.· It was hot in London in July, not a good time to go sightseeing around a crowded city.· I had a sandwich in a crowded City pub, and then went to the bank to collect Miss Macdonald's letter. ► room · Less homely than the crowded room at Dinard, it smelt rich.· Harry looked round the crowded room.· Perhaps it had just been the rather stuffy air in that crowded room.· Marion searched for him in the crowded room, and found him at last, talking to Sue's dad near the window.· As the shirt-sleeved waiter preceded them across the crowded room, Polly was startled when people began calling out to Nathan.· Some one who manages to read in a noisy, crowded room may inadvertently communicate evidence as to his enviable powers of concentration.· Boden was not among his listeners, nor anywhere in the three small, crowded rooms.· For the years we were taking speed, we wouldn't go into a pub or a crowded room. ► street · Something which she, brought up in a crowded street, could not fail to recognize.· Earlier eight people died when bombs rained on the city's crowded streets.· His disguise would pass in a crowded street, but not at six inches' range.· From their position in the hills, the forces lobbed three mortar bombs into the crowded streets.· We left the Legation as the sun rose and our cars were constantly brought to a standstill in the crowded streets.· Crime, and even sedition, festered in the crowded streets.· Visiting Stanley village, we walked along a crowded street of shops and many street traders. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► close/packed/crowded etc together The Beastline were standing close together, silhouetted against the sky. The main street in Lincoln is narrow, and the little houses are close together. These horses show relaxed, peaceful outlines, with friends standing particularly close together. They stood close together in silence, listening. Though they are close together on the couch, there is in fact a chasm between them. We draw close together to complete our plans. Word family WORD FAMILYnouncrowdovercrowdingadjectivecrowdedovercrowdedverbcrowd too full of people or things → empty:  a crowded room a crowded street The train was very crowded, and we had to stand.crowded with The narrow roads were crowded with holiday traffic.
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