throng

Word family adjectivethrongedthrongfulnounthrongthronging

throng1 /θrɒŋ $ θrɒːŋ/ noun [countableC] written

CROWDa large group of people in one place 一大群人；人群 SYN crowd

She got lost in the throng.

她在人群中迷路了。

throng of

a throng of excited spectators

一大群兴奋的观众

Examples from the Corpus

throng• a throng of reporters• On December 22, Don Nicolas Bravo arrived, to be received by a great throng of people.• Dressed in town clothes and wraparound shades, they stand out from the throng of tribal dress and ochre bodies.• Taking a breath, Calipari smiles and wades into the throng, chatting amiably as he obliges each request.• A glimpse of a tall black-haired man on the edge of the throng sent sudden excitement sky-rocketing.• This led her to stare straight towards Rupert Green and his companion who still waited on the outskirts of the throng.• Corbett did not stay but pushed through the throng of people and walked on.• They passed into West Chepe where the throng was greatest.• Animals and carts moved along the dusty road with the throng of refugees.• The throng greeted Sutter with cheers and applause.• She remembered the tea-time throng before the war, when she was ten and working illegally in the Biscuit Factory near Bridgeton.

throng of• a throng of reporters

throng2 verb

1 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]CROWD if people throng a place, they go there in large numbers 〔人群〕蜂拥而至，群集，挤满〔某地〕

Tourists thronged the bars and restaurants.

游客挤满了酒吧和餐馆。

2 be thronged with somebody/something BUSY PLACEif a place is thronged with people or things, there are a lot of them there 〔某地〕被某人/某物挤满

The streets were thronged with Christmas shoppers.

街道上挤满了圣诞购物者。

Examples from the Corpus

be thronged with somebody/something• The streets were thronged with eager men and women rushing here and there as incidents called them.• Its steep sides are thronged with Goblin strongholds and its rocky slopes overlay caves and tunnels that are riddled with evil creatures.• The sun was shining, and the docks at Liverpool were thronged with people.• The lower deck, shining clean now, was thronged with steerage passengers.• It is thronged with the scarves of London clubs.• The canals are thronged with tour buses, the bridges festooned with banners.• These days, his Back Bay studio is thronged with waltz-challenged future bridegrooms slow-footing their first box steps.• Now its innocence had vanished, and it was thronged with worldly-wise urban people intent upon sophisticated urban undertakings.

Examples from the Corpus

throng• Tens of thousands of fans thronged St Peter's Square to glimpse the pair.• In any event, hundreds upon thousands thronged the city.• Student protesters thronged the plaza outside the administration building.• They throng the streets and mini-timbered buildings of Gumnutland in their hundreds.• People thronged to the midnight service, as if the manger were the last way station on earth.• At last they reached the village and joined the rest of the crowd as they thronged towards the green in front of the parish church.• The streets were thronged with eager men and women rushing here and there as incidents called them.• Its steep sides are thronged with Goblin strongholds and its rocky slopes overlay caves and tunnels that are riddled with evil creatures.

Origin throng1

Old English thrang, gethrang

词汇	throng
释义	throng Word family adjectivethrongedthrongfulnounthrongthronging throng1 /θrɒŋ $ θrɒːŋ/ noun [countableC] written CROWDa large group of people in one place 一大群人；人群 SYN crowd She got lost in the throng. 她在人群中迷路了。 throng of a throng of excited spectators 一大群兴奋的观众 Examples from the Corpus throng• a throng of reporters• On December 22, Don Nicolas Bravo arrived, to be received by a great throng of people.• Dressed in town clothes and wraparound shades, they stand out from the throng of tribal dress and ochre bodies.• Taking a breath, Calipari smiles and wades into the throng, chatting amiably as he obliges each request.• A glimpse of a tall black-haired man on the edge of the throng sent sudden excitement sky-rocketing.• This led her to stare straight towards Rupert Green and his companion who still waited on the outskirts of the throng.• Corbett did not stay but pushed through the throng of people and walked on.• They passed into West Chepe where the throng was greatest.• Animals and carts moved along the dusty road with the throng of refugees.• The throng greeted Sutter with cheers and applause.• She remembered the tea-time throng before the war, when she was ten and working illegally in the Biscuit Factory near Bridgeton. throng of• a throng of reporters throng2 verb 1 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]CROWD if people throng a place, they go there in large numbers 〔人群〕蜂拥而至，群集，挤满〔某地〕 Tourists thronged the bars and restaurants. 游客挤满了酒吧和餐馆。 2 be thronged with somebody/something BUSY PLACEif a place is thronged with people or things, there are a lot of them there 〔某地〕被某人/某物挤满 The streets were thronged with Christmas shoppers. 街道上挤满了圣诞购物者。 Examples from the Corpus be thronged with somebody/something• The streets were thronged with eager men and women rushing here and there as incidents called them.• Its steep sides are thronged with Goblin strongholds and its rocky slopes overlay caves and tunnels that are riddled with evil creatures.• The sun was shining, and the docks at Liverpool were thronged with people.• The lower deck, shining clean now, was thronged with steerage passengers.• It is thronged with the scarves of London clubs.• The canals are thronged with tour buses, the bridges festooned with banners.• These days, his Back Bay studio is thronged with waltz-challenged future bridegrooms slow-footing their first box steps.• Now its innocence had vanished, and it was thronged with worldly-wise urban people intent upon sophisticated urban undertakings. Examples from the Corpus throng• Tens of thousands of fans thronged St Peter's Square to glimpse the pair.• In any event, hundreds upon thousands thronged the city.• Student protesters thronged the plaza outside the administration building.• They throng the streets and mini-timbered buildings of Gumnutland in their hundreds.• People thronged to the midnight service, as if the manger were the last way station on earth.• At last they reached the village and joined the rest of the crowd as they thronged towards the green in front of the parish church.• The streets were thronged with eager men and women rushing here and there as incidents called them.• Its steep sides are thronged with Goblin strongholds and its rocky slopes overlay caves and tunnels that are riddled with evil creatures. Origin throng1 Old English thrang, gethrang
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