释义 |
huddled, ppl. a.|ˈhʌd(ə)ld| [f. huddle v.] Crowded together without order; all in a heap.
1643Milton Divorce ii. xv. (1851) 99 The extreme shift of a huddl'd exposition. 1683T. Hoy Agathocles 6 A numerous huddled Concourse fill'd the place. 1712Steele Spect. No. 302 ⁋11 That huddled Oeconomy of Dress which passes under the general Name of a Mob. 1809N. Pinkney Trav. France 141 The streets..are very narrow, and the houses mean, low, and huddled. 1870–4J. Thomson City Dreadf. Nt. ii. ii, The huddled stones of grave and tomb: Some old God's-acre. 1888Th. Watts in Athenæum 18 Aug. 225/2 He drives the wing—a huddled throng—Back on the centre ships, that steer for flight. |