CROWD1 a large number of people together in a public place2 when a place is full of people3 when a crowd fills a place4 when people come together to make a crowd5 when a crowd separates6 to make a crowd separateRELATED WORDSwhen there are a lot of people travelling, shopping etc 许多人旅行、购物等BUSY/NOT BUSYsee alsoFULL (5)1 a large number of people together in a public place 公共场所内的许多人crowd /kraʊd/ [countable noun]a large number of people together in one place 人群 I don't go to football games because I don't like big crowds. 我不去看足球比赛是因为我不喜欢很多人挤在一起。crowd of a crowd of angry protesters 一群愤怒的抗议者crowds of people/visitors/tourists etc The exhibition is expected to attract large crowds of visitors. 展览应该吸引来大批游客。horde/hordes /hɔːʳd, hɔːʳdz/ [countable noun]a large crowd of people who are behaving in a way that you disapprove of or that annoys you 〔表现令人不快的〕人群horde/hordes of She was chased down the steps of the courthouse by a horde of reporters and camera crews. 她被一群记者和摄影师追逐着走下法院的台阶。 This time of year is perfect to visit New York because it isn't overrun with the hordes of tourists. 每年的这个时候去纽约最好，因为不会到处都是成群的游客。mob /mɒbǁmɑːb/ [countable noun]a crowd of noisy and violent people who are difficult to control 暴民；乱民 The mob set fire to cars and buildings. 暴民放火烧汽车和建筑物。mob of A mob of fans caused millions of pounds worth of damage in the area surrounding the stadium. 一帮闹事的球迷在体育馆周围的区域造成了数百万英镑的损失。mass /mæs/ [singular noun]a very large crowd which is not moving and which is very difficult to move through 大批人群；大堆的人mass of A mass of people stood before the courthouse. 一大群人站在法院外。seething masswhen there are far too many people all pushing and trying to go somewhere 拥挤推搡的人群 The bus station was a seething mass of people. 公共汽车站密密麻麻全是人。swarm /swɔːʳm/ [countable noun]a large crowd of people who are moving quickly in many directions in a very uncontrolled way 〔向各个方向移动的乱哄哄的〕人群swarm of Outside the school a swarm of small children ran around shouting and laughing. 学校外面，一大群小孩子跑来跑去，又喊又笑的。throng /θrɒŋǁθrɔːŋ/ [countable noun]a very large crowd 一大群 The throng greeted Sutter with cheers and applause. 一大群人欢呼鼓掌，迎接萨特。throng of a throng of reporters 一群记者 Animals and carts moved along the dusty road with the throng of refugees. 一大群难民赶着牲口、推着小车走在尘土飞扬的路上。the crush /ðə ˈkrʌʃ/ [singular noun]a crowd of people who are all pressed close together so that it is very difficult to move between them 拥挤的人群 Unable to get out of the crush, Chris began to panic. 克里斯无法从拥挤的人群中挤出去，开始慌乱起来。 A number of people fainted in the crush. 拥挤的人群中有些人晕倒了。 There was chaos as people tried to escape the flames and two children were badly injured in the crush. 人们试图避开火焰，场面顿时混乱起来，人群中两个孩子严重受伤。2 when a place is full of people 一处地方全是人crowded /ˈkraʊdɪd, ˈkraʊdəd/ [adjective]so full of people that it is difficult to move or find a place to sit or stand 拥挤的 The train was really crowded. 火车上很挤。 a crowded elevator 拥挤的电梯crowded with It was two weeks before Christmas and the mall was crowded with shoppers. 离圣诞节还有两周，购物中心里全是顾客。packedalsopacked out /pækt, ˌpækt ˈaʊt/ [adjective]informalso full of people that there is almost no space left 【非正式】挤满人的 The club is so popular that it's usually packed by 9 o'clock. 这家俱乐部很受欢迎，一般9点钟就挤满了人。packed with St Peter's Square was packed with tourists. 圣彼得广场挤满了游客。jam-packedcompletely full 挤满人的 The football ground was absolutely jam-packed. 足球场里水泄不通。overcrowded /ˌəʊvəʳˈkraʊdɪd◂, ˌəʊvəʳˈkraʊdəd◂/ [adjective]a place that isovercrowded has too many people in it and is unpleasant and uncomfortable 过分拥挤的，拥挤不堪的 The buses are filthy and overcrowded. 公共汽车又脏又挤。 overcrowded prisons 人满为患的监狱be swarming with /biː ˈswɔːʳmɪŋ wɪð/ [verb phrase]if a placeis 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 挤满〔尤用于不满时〕 The place was swarming with noisy schoolkids. 那个地方挤满了吵吵闹闹的学童。teeming /ˈtiːmɪŋ/ [adjective]very full of people and activity 热闹的 the teeming streets of Cairo 开罗熙熙攘攘的街道teeming with It was the start of the new semester, and the campus was teeming with students. 新学期伊始，校园里到处都是学生。3 when a crowd fills a place 人群挤满某处crowd /kraʊd/ [intransitive/transitive verb]if peoplecrowd a place, they fill it and move around in it 群集，聚集 Shoppers crowded the town market. 镇上的市场上挤满了购物者。crowd aroundalso roundBritish A large group of people crowded around the screaming child. 一大群人挤在那个尖声呼叫的小孩周围。 Fans crowded around the rear entrance of the concert hall, hoping to catch a glimpse of the band. 歌迷挤在音乐厅后门处，希望能看一眼那乐队。fill /fɪl/ [transitive verb]if a lot of peoplefill a place, there are so many of them that there is no room left for any more 挤满，占满，布满 An audience of over 5,000 had filled the hall that night. 那一晚，五千多名观众挤满了大厅。 Visitors fill Brighton's streets during the summer. 夏天，游客挤满了布赖顿的大街小巷。mill around/about /ˌmɪl əˈraʊnd, əˈbaʊt/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if a lot of peoplemill around, they move around a place in different directions, without any particular aim, especially while waiting for something 〔一大群人，尤指在等待时〕漫无目的地走来走去，乱兜圈子，绕来绕去 People were milling around in the corridor, waiting for the show to start. 人们绕着走廊兜圈子，等表演开场。 About 40 onlookers milled about while detectives examined the scene. 警探检查现场时，约40名旁观者在一旁转来转去。swarm /swɔːʳm/ [intransitive verb]if a lot of people, especially people that you do not like or approve of,swarm around a particular place, they fill it and move around it 蜂拥，成群结队地移动〔尤表示不满〕swarm across/along etc Every day tourists swarm through the narrow streets of the old city. 每天，游客都在古城的狭窄街道上蜂拥而过。 Hundreds of troops swarmed across the border. 成百上千的士兵涌过边界。4 when people come together to make a crowd 人们聚集成群gather /ˈgæðəʳ/ [intransitive verb]if peoplegather, they meet or come together and form a crowd 聚集，集拢 By the time the president arrived, a large crowd had gathered. 总统到达时，已经聚集了一大群人。gather around/at/in etc Angry workers were gathering on the steps of City Hall. 愤怒的工人聚集在市政厅的台阶上。 A crowd gathered around to watch the fight. 人群聚拢来看打架。form /fɔːʳm/ [intransitive verb]if a crowdforms, more and more people join a group of people who are already watching or listening to something 〔人群〕围聚，聚集 A crowd was beginning to form at the scene of the accident. 事故现场人群开始聚集。congregate /ˈkɒŋgrɪgeɪt, ˈkɒŋgrəgeɪtǁˈkɑːŋ-/ [intransitive verb]if peoplecongregate in a particular place, a large number of them meet there, especially regularly in the same place, and at the same time 集合，聚集；会合〔尤指定期在同一时间、同一地点〕congregate at/in/around etc On Friday evening, teenagers congregate outside the bars on Greene Street. 星期五晚上，青少年聚集在格林街的酒吧门口。 Marchers were due to congregate at Market Square for an open-air meeting. 示威者预定在集市广场集合，举行露天集会。converge /kənˈvɜːʳdʒ/ [intransitive verb]formalif groups of peopleconverge in a particular place, they come there from many different places and meet together with others to form a large crowd, in order to do something or go somewhere 【正式】会合；聚集，集中converge on The two groups of demonstrators converged on Hyde Park. 两支游行队伍在海德公园会合。 About 20,000 motorcyclists will converge on Milwaukee this weekend, to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Harley Davidson bike company. 这个周末，大约20,000名摩托车手聚集在密尔沃基，庆祝哈雷戴维森摩托车公司成立90周年。collect /kəˈlekt/ [intransitive verb]if a crowdcollects, people gradually come together so that there is a crowd, usually because they stop to watch or listen to something 〔人群〕聚合；聚集〔尤因为了观看或听〕 An hour or so before the press conference, a crowd began to collect outside the building. 记者招待会前一小时左右，一群人开始聚集在大楼外。 A crowd was starting to collect outside the theatre to await the arrival of the prime minister. 人群开始在剧院外聚集，等待首相到来。5 when a crowd separates 人群散开disperse /dɪˈspɜːʳs/ [intransitive verb]if a crowddisperses, people begin to move away from it 分散，散开，散去 Once the ambulance had left, the crowd began to disperse. 救护车一离开，人群便开始散去。break up /ˌbreɪk ˈʌp/ [transitive phrasal verb]if a crowdbreaks up, people start to leave and move away in small groups 〔一大群人〕分散，散开 When the police arrived, the crowd broke up very quickly. 警察到达时，人群很快就散开了。thin out /ˌθɪn ˈaʊt/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if a crowdthins out, people gradually leave so that there are fewer of them in the crowd 开始散去；变稀疏 By midnight, the crowds outside the concert hall were beginning to thin out. 午夜时分，音乐厅外的人群开始散去。 I decided to wait until the crowd thinned out a bit before trying to leave. 我决定等到人群散开些之后才离开。melt away /ˌmelt əˈweɪ/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if a crowdmelts away, the people leave gradually and quietly, hoping that no one will notice 〔人群〕悄悄消失，渐渐散去 The excitement of the arrest was over and the crowd began to melt away. 逮捕引起的骚动已经平息，人群悄悄地离开了。6 to make a crowd separate 使人群散开disperse /dɪˈspɜːʳs/ [transitive verb]if the police or the armydisperses a crowd, they make it separate, and people leave in different directions 〔警察或军队〕驱散〔人群〕 National Guard troops were called in to disperse the crowd. 国民警卫队被召来驱散人群。break up /ˌbreɪk ˈʌp/ [transitive verb]if someone, especially the police,breaks up a crowd, they make it separate, and people go away in small groups 〔尤指警察〕使〔一大群人〕分散，散开 The police had to use tear gas to break up the protest. 警方不得不使用催泪弹来驱散示威者。