huddle经典引文

1. (informal) a quick private conference
2. a disorganized and densely packed crowd;

   "a huddle of frightened women"
   

1. crowd or draw together;

   "let's huddle together--it's cold!"
   

2. crouch or curl up;

   "They huddled outside in the rain"
   

1.（通常因寒冷或恐惧而）蜷缩，缩成一团
If youhuddle somewhere, you sit, stand, or lie there holding your arms and legs close to your body, usually because you are cold or frightened.

e.g. She huddled inside the porch as she rang the bell...
她按门铃时身子在门廊里缩成一团。
e.g. Myrtle sat huddled on the side of the bed, weeping.
默特尔缩着身子坐在床边哭泣。

2.（通常因寒冷或恐惧而）聚在一起，挤成一团
If peoplehuddle together orhuddle round something, they stand, sit, or lie close to each other, usually because they all feel cold or frightened.

e.g. Tired and lost, we huddled together...
我们疲惫不堪，又迷了路，于是大家都挤在一起。
e.g. ...strangers huddling together for warmth...
挤作一团取暖的陌生人

3.（私下）开会;(暗中)碰头
If peoplehuddle in a group, they gather together to discuss something quietly or secretly.

e.g. Off to one side, Sticht, Macomber, Jordan, and Kreps huddled to discuss something...
施蒂希特、麦康伯、乔丹和克雷普斯走到一旁私下商量着什么。
e.g. The president has been huddling with his most senior aides...
总统一直在和最高层助理开私下碰头会。

4.拥挤的一群;杂乱的一堆
Ahuddle 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.

e.g. We lay there: ahuddle of bodies, gasping for air...
我们横七竖八地挤作一团躺在那里，大口喘着气。
e.g. Les kept seeing Eric and Tam in ahuddle and he knew they were talking about him.
莱斯总是看到埃里克和塔姆凑在一起，他知道他们是在谈论自己。

1. The house is very small and cannot huddle all of us.
   房子太小了,挤不下我们所有的人。
2. The enemy huddled all the people.
   敌人让所有的群众都挤在一起。
3. It is very cold outside, you'd better huddle the little cats.
   外面很冷,你最好把小猫都聚在一起。
4. You cannot huddle all the dogs, they will bit each other.
   不要把所有的狗都放在一起,它们会互相咬的。

1. They like living in a huddle.
   他们喜欢杂居在一起。

huddle away (v.+adv.)

挤在一起 crowd together
huddle away

The children huddled away in a corner.

孩子们挤在一个角落里。

huddle down (v.+adv.)

缩成团 intensive of huddle
huddle down

The child huddles down in the bed, listening to the sound of the storm.

孩子听到雷雨声响,就在床上缩成了一团。

huddle into (v.+prep.)

挤在一起 crowd sb or sth together
huddle sb/sth into sth

She huddled all four boys into one bed.

她让四个男孩都挤在一张床上。

They huddled the poor children into a corner.

他们让这些可怜的孩子挤在一个墙角里。

Don't huddle all the boxes into one cupboard.

不要把所有这些盒子都塞在一个小橱里。

huddle on (v.+adv.)

胡乱地穿上 dress on carelessly
huddle sth ⇔ on

I huddled on my clothes and hurried to the factory.

我胡乱地穿上衣服赶到工厂去。

I got up and huddled my clothes on.

我起床,并匆匆忙忙穿上衣服。

huddle together (v.+adv.)

匆匆地做,草率地做 do sth hurriedly
huddle together

The children huddled together in the corner of the room.

孩子们在房间角落里挤成一团。

The cattle huddled together in a corner of the field, trying to keep dry.

牛群挤在田野上的一个角落里躲避雨淋。

They huddled together for warmth.

他们挤在一起取暖。

huddle sb/sth ⇔ together

The lost children were huddled together under some fallen leaves, keeping warm.

这些迷路的孩子们在一些落叶下挤成一团以保持温暖。

The sheep were huddled together in a ditch.

羊群被赶到一条沟里挤在一起。

huddle sth ⇔ together

He huddled the job together.

他匆匆忙忙地做完这项工作。

That novel appeared to have been huddled together.

那部小说看来是匆匆忙忙凑成的。

huddle up (v.+adv.)

匆匆地做 do sth in hurry
huddle up

He was very cold, so he huddled up against his brother in bed.

他很冷,因此他在床上缩成一团紧偎着他哥哥。

The refugees huddled up in one part of the house, frightened and uncertain.

难民们在房中的一处缩作一团,惊疑不定。

huddle sb/oneself/sth ⇔ up

The little girl huddles herself up.

小女孩把身子缩成一团。

Your clothes are all huddled up inside the bag.

你的衣服都揉成一团塞在包里。

huddle sth ⇔ up

The two countries huddle up a treaty.

这两个国家草草地签订了一份合同。

go into a huddle

私下秘密商谈get into a small group, away from other people, in order to talk privately or secretly

1. huddle的基本含义是“挤作一团,聚成一堆”,是指多个人或物一个挨一个地集中在一起,其目的多是为了节省空间或达到某一效果。
2. huddle可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词或代词作宾语。