crowd

1. N-COUNT-COLL A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example, to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something. 人群

A huge crowd gathered in a square outside the Kremlin walls. 一大群人聚集在了克里姆林宫墙外的广场上。

It took some two hours before the crowd was fully dispersed. 用了大约两个小时才把人群完全驱散。

2. N-COUNT A particular crowd is a group of friends, or a set of people who share the same interests or job. 一帮 (朋友); 一群 (志趣相投的人)[非正式]

All the old crowd have come out for this occasion. 所有老朋友都前来参加了这次活动。

3. V-I When people crowd around someone or something, they gather closely together around them. 聚集

The hungry refugees crowded around the tractors. 饥饿的难民们围在拖拉机旁。

4. V-T/V-I If people crowd into a place or are crowded into a place, large numbers of them enter it so that it becomes very full. 挤满; 挤进

Hundreds of thousands of people have crowded into the centre of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. 几十万人涌进了立陶宛首都维尔纽斯的中心。

One group of journalists were crowded into a minibus. 一群记者挤满了一辆面包车。

5. V-T If a group of people crowd a place, there are so many of them there that it is full. 挤满

Thousands of demonstrators crowded the streets shouting slogans. 数千名示威者喊着口号，挤满了街道。

6. N-COUNT an ancient bowed stringed instrument; crwth 克鲁斯琴[music]