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单词 crowd
释义
crowd
(krd )
Word forms: crowds , crowding , crowded
1. countable noun [with singular or plural verb] A2
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.
A huge crowd gathered in a square outside the Kremlin walls.
It took some two hours before the crowd was fully dispersed.
The crowd were enormously enthusiastic.
The explosions took place in shopping centres as crowds of people were shopping for Mother's Day. [+ of]
Synonyms: multitude, mass, assembly, throng  
2. countable noun
A particular crowd is a group of friends, or a set of people who share the same interests or job. [informal]
All the old crowd have come out for this occasion.
3. verb
When people crowd around someone or something, they gather closely together around them.
The hungry refugees crowded around the tractors. [V + round/around n]
Police blocked off the road as hotel staff and guests crowded around. [V round/around]
Synonyms: flock, press, push, mass  
4. verb
If people crowd into a place or are crowded into a place, large numbers of them enter it so that it becomes very full.
Hundreds of thousands of people have crowded into the centre of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. [VERB + into]
One group of journalists were crowded into a minibus. [be VERB-ed + into]
'Bravo, bravo,' chanted party workers crowded in the main hall. [VERB-ed]
[Also V n into n]
Synonyms: squeeze, pack, pile, bundle  
5. verb
If a group of people crowd a place, there are so many of them there that it is full.
Thousands of demonstrators crowded the streets shouting slogans. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: congest, pack, cram  
6. verb
If people crowd you, they stand very closely around you trying to see or speak to you, so that you feel uncomfortable.
It had been a tense day with people crowding her all the time. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: jostle, batter, butt, push  
Phrasal verbs:
crowd in
phrasal verb
If problems or thoughts crowd in on you, a lot of them happen to you or affect you at the same time, so that they occupy all your attention and make you feel unable to escape.
Everything is crowding in on me. [VERB PARTICLE + on]
She tried to sleep, but thoughts crowded in and images flashed into her mind. [VERB PARTICLE]
crowd out
phrasal verb
If one thing crowds out another, it is so successful or common that the other thing does not have the opportunity to be successful or exist.
My busy schedule crowded out nearly all time for reflection. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
Collocations:
crowd a pan
Add scoops of mix but don't crowd the pan.
Times, Sunday Times
Drop them in a few at a time, making sure not to crowd the pan.
Times, Sunday Times
You may need to do this in batches; don't crowd the pan, or the meat will stew and not brown properly.
Times, Sunday Times
When it begins to smoke, add the chicken legs, in batches if necessary, being sure not to crowd the pan.
Times, Sunday Times
Heat a frying pan with a splash of oil and fry the meatballs in small batches — don't crowd the pan.
Times, Sunday Times
crowd a room
They agreed to surgery on her placenta and, after an hour-long op, with ten anxious medics crowding the room, the procedure was a success.
The Sun
The room was crowded with professionals and a sprinkling of media.
Times, Sunday Times
Crowd your rooms with cushions, dubious vases, standard lamps and drinks trays, cabinets or trolleys.
Times, Sunday Times
Crowding the room, perched on any chair available, were 20 or more spectators who had the right to listen.
Times,Sunday Times
Paintings are shoulder to shoulder on every wall, sculptures crowd the rooms and the style swaggers somewhere between conventional and kitsch.
Times, Sunday Times
crowd disperses
The crowd dispersed in an instant.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The crowd dispersed without further incident.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The little crowd dispersed in a moment.
Paul Preston DOVES OF WAR: Four Women of Spain (2002)
crowd erupts
The crowd erupts in screams.
Times,Sunday Times
At tonight's show she skips and dances across the stage to her new songs as the crowd erupts.
The Sun
After a moment of silence, the crowd erupts in applause.
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crowd favourite
Sims, already a crowd favourite, made his point effectively enough.
Times, Sunday Times
From being a crowd favourite, his image was first tarnished in 2011.
Times, Sunday Times
That the day's villain remains a crowd favourite was shown by the standing ovation he received when substituted after 85 minutes.
Times, Sunday Times
Park has already become a crowd favourite for his boundless energy and determination.
The Sun
He has bagged six goals in 19 appearances and has become a crowd favourite.
The Sun
crowd greets
He's a gentle-looking man wearing a blazer - the crowd greets him like a rock star.
Times, Sunday Times
A big crowd greets the bus.
Times, Sunday Times
A hail of boos and hisses from a pre-recorded crowd greets this turn of events.
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crowd noise
It was remixed and overdubbed until only the drums and crowd noise remained.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It has an athletics track and the stands are open, which reduces crowd noise.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The crowd noise has been thunderous.
The Sun (2009)
crowd of demonstrators
The crowd of demonstrators rallying after the election - estimated at 5,000 to 10,000 - was the biggest the opposition had mustered in years.
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In the evening, a crowd of demonstrators tried to break down the barricade.
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The crowd of demonstrators grew to 6,000.
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Most of the 500 demonstrators were dispersed peacefully, but a crowd of demonstrators was blocking traffic on private property near the port and fail to disperse after police warnings.
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crowd of onlookers
A crowd of onlookers gasped as the exhausted bird floated away.
The Sun
The couple attracted a crowd of onlookers who cheered when the ring was recovered.
Times, Sunday Times
A small crowd of onlookers watched from among the trees.
Times, Sunday Times
Four cardinals carried his body at the funeral, accompanied by fellow prelates, artists, magistrates and a vast crowd of onlookers.
Times,Sunday Times
The blaze attracted a large crowd of onlookers, who spoke nostalgically about how important the structure was to their childhoods.
Times, Sunday Times
crowd of protesters
But later a huge crowd of protesters, some with yellow helmets and masks but many just with backpacks, left the park.
The Sun
A crowd of protesters stood in the drizzle and half-darkness, waving placards.
Times, Sunday Times
She had been sitting with a crowd of protesters outside the entrance to the site for most of the day when she was put into a police van.
Times, Sunday Times
Instead of separating, the crowd of protesters marched towards the oncoming police motorcycles and forced them to turn around and head the other way.
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The police charged a crowd of protesters, and a riot ensued.
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crowd of reporters
To their dismay, a crowd of reporters and photographers was waiting for them as they emerged.
The Times Literary Supplement
He saluted a crowd of reporters by placing his hand over his heart.
Chicago Sun-Times
I guessed he just needed fresh air and elbowed a passage through the crowd of reporters, then made my way to the nearby park.
Times, Sunday Times
News of the arrest attracted a large crowd of reporters and bystanders.
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It took some moments for the gathered crowd of reporters to realize who had just walked in the door, but when it was revealed pandemonium erupted.
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crowd of spectators
Every once in a while out of the crowd of spectators comes a person who moves into the second position: a seeker.
Christianity Today
The two 'bobbies' controlling a quite enormous crowd of spectators are having no difficulty whatsoever.
Times, Sunday Times
The episode at least gave the small crowd of spectators something to talk about after a monotonous day's cricket.
Times, Sunday Times
At the top, he waved to the small crowd of spectators below.
canada.com
A small crowd of spectators has gathered around the edge of the course.
Times, Sunday Times
crowd of supporters
The crowd of supporters yesterday included students, schoolchildren, office workers, housewives, retired army officers and farmers.
Times, Sunday Times
She beamed as she told a raucous, flag-waving crowd of supporters that they were looking at the nation's first female nominee for a leading party.
Times, Sunday Times
Such was their devotion that when his ball looked as if it was heading for the rough his crowd of supporters would sometimes 'accidentally' get in its way.
Times, Sunday Times
A crowd of supporters blocked the agent from the initial delivery attempt of the suspension order.
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The houseowner approaches their house in a taxi/car to be greeted by a crowd of supporters prior to the big reveal.
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crowd roars
If Pakistan ran a leg bye, the other half of the crowd roared.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The crowd roared approval before departing content after another spectacular display of British pomp and pageantry.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Until the crowd roared, the official was not going to do anything.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The crowd roared them home as they crossed the line arm in arm.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Yesterday the crowd roared when he crossed the try line.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
crowd screams
The crowd screams (or maybe that was me).
Times, Sunday Times
The crowd screams with glee.
Times, Sunday Times
The bay-ing crowd screams for more.
Times, Sunday Times
crowd surges
The cheering and shouting was deafening, and the crowd surged and swayed in pulsating waves, suddenly much bigger.
Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE (2004)
She was part of a crowd surging towards the officer.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She was spotted and the crowd surged forward.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
crowd the streets
Meat shops, clothing boutiques, vegetable shops, kiosks, shoe stores and pharmacies crowd the street, which attracts customers from all around the district.
Globe and Mail
In the beginning, they used to jam and perform in the university campus gossip areas and street crowd.
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Villagers ran out of their homes and crowded the streets.
Times, Sunday Times
Nearly 30,000 people crowded the streets to attend the ceremony.
Times, Sunday Times
Television footage showed streets crowded with people not wearing masks, which are supposed to be mandatory.
Times,Sunday Times
crowd together
What had brought the crowd together was, somewhat bizarrely, chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-enhanced beef.
Times, Sunday Times
What were the logistics of getting such a crowd together?
Times, Sunday Times
Even when they crowd together on an island in a gravel pit, they stand still and silent.
Times, Sunday Times
It used to be thought that in the depths of winter people are more likely to stay indoors and crowd together, which helps to spread germs.
Times, Sunday Times
Other problems include police who run into walls or crowd together to make one amorphous mess, unhelpful maps and temperamental online connections.
Times, Sunday Times
crowd waves
The crowd waved banners and danced and schoolchildren chanted prayers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
By half way, he was gaining on his rival, with the crowd waving their banners frantically.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She waved and the crowd waved back.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
crowded room
We smiled at each other across the crowded room.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I spotted him across a crowded room.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I fought across a crowded room to shake his enormous right hand.
The Sun (2016)
She said the way motorists treat cyclists is'like wielding a loaded gun in a crowded room '.
The Sun (2009)
crowds of tourists
The crowds of tourists have also thinned out, making it much more pleasant to explore the city.
Times, Sunday Times
I felt totally lost, small and insignificant among the crowds of tourists.
Times, Sunday Times
It was often an effort to push our way through the heaving crowds of tourists.
The Sun
Where are the crowds of tourists?
Times, Sunday Times
There are more than a hundred preserved 'heritage' railways up and down the country, pulling in crowds of tourists eager to ride behind beautifully restored engines.
Times, Sunday Times
dense crowd
Police believe that it was supposed to provoke a stampede to the lower floors, where a larger device would explode in a dense crowd of guests.
Times, Sunday Times
A dense crowd stood outside the gates and along the road to the chapel, which was soon full, with more people outside.
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Places with a steady flow of footfall, rather than dense crowds, so shopping centres or outside train stations.
Times,Sunday Times
A couple of people also stopped, trying to help the fan in need, but the moving dense crowd on the stairs, limited by metal banisters, promptly crushed them down.
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Last year, the site was still an open pit and the families endured dust, oppressive heat and long waits in the dense crowds.
Globe and Mail
diverse crowd
He was in his element, surrounded by a diverse crowd of philanthropists, big and small.
Times, Sunday Times
They attract a wonderfully diverse crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
The protesters formed a diverse crowd, unlike in the capital where rallies are powered mostly by young activists, with many of the middle-aged people involved reportedly attending their first demonstration.
Times,Sunday Times
Our readers are a diverse crowd, united only by intelligence.
Times, Sunday Times
A diverse crowd gathered under one roof, something that happened nowhere else in the city.
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draw a crowd
Curiosity might draw that crowd once, but not regularly enough to make the concept sustainable.
Times, Sunday Times
The future of ministry belongs to those, not who can draw a crowd, but who can penetrate one.
Christianity Today
The ghostly procession of paper and willow lanterns winds its way to the waterfront, where a beach bonfire and fireworks will draw a crowd of 20,000.
Times, Sunday Times
We get a lot of requests, and can't show everything, but we need to know we're going to draw a crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
They noticed that people liked what they do (they often draw a crowd) and so extended their repertoire.
Times, Sunday Times
eager crowd
How would this hold the interest of an eager crowd in a sold-out, mid-sized venue?
Times, Sunday Times
Our double-clapping fan has disappeared, but already there's another eager crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
They bring home their catch to meet an eager crowd of customers.
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Fire-eaters and stilt-walkers entertain the eager crowds.
The Sun
There were no eager crowds to groan with dismay.
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enormous crowd
After the dust had settled, an enormous crowd gathered around the craft.
Times, Sunday Times
The two 'bobbies' controlling a quite enormous crowd of spectators are having no difficulty whatsoever.
Times, Sunday Times
She'll be watched by an enormous crowd of 23,000 people - no pressure, then...
The Sun
My thanks go out particularly to the enormous crowd that turned up.
The Sun
Despite the enormous crowd the silence was profound.
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entertain a crowd
You are a brilliant communicator today whether you want to entertain a crowd or talk one-to-one to rebuild family relationships.
The Sun
Unlike a lot of sport, players are encouraged to entertain the crowd.
The Sun
We decided to entertain the crowd and play attractive rugby instead of taking them on up front, grinding them down and then looking to take our chances.
Times, Sunday Times
A jester will be on hand to entertain the crowd, alongside medieval music, dance, and falconry displays.
Times, Sunday Times
We've been at home two games and have to entertain the crowd.
The Sun
enthusiastic crowd
Where there are no judges, there are umpires and referees - all of them human and liable to flow with the gusto of an enthusiastic crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
An 1867 ballroom now transformed by a young and enthusiastic crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
He has already received the plaudits of an immense and enthusiastic crowd who turned out to watch his departure, and again to hail his scarcely hoped for return.
Times, Sunday Times
Nonetheless, he delivered an energetic performance to an enthusiastic crowd.
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The enthusiastic crowd response encouraged him to continue experimenting with this new format into 2010.
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excite the crowd
However, there were few openings to excite the crowd.
The Sun
With two turntables, records faded in and out at specific musical transitions in order to excite the crowd.
Christianity Today
We are trying to bring in players who will excite the crowd.
The Sun
There was little to excite the crowd in the first half as both teams netted from their only efforts on target.
The Sun
Stadium announcers in many sports will emphasise the home team's goals and lineup to excite the crowd.
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excited crowd
My breadmaker has a little light inside so you can see what's happening, and to my surprise the little conjuring box drew an excited crowd as it hummed and buzzed.
The Sun
At first this even helped her - the excited crowd could push aside the police.
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An excited crowd of roughly 21,000 came to see the swearing-in, even if most would not be able to hear the inaugural address.
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Fifties film showed well-behaved heroes worshipped by excited crowds.
The Sun
expectant crowd
The first accomplishment of the new Qatari owners had been to fill the stadium with an expectant crowd.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He dismissed as an excuse the fear that athletes could face too much pressure from an expectant home crowd.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I was on my knees in front of the poodle, surrounded by an expectant crowd, without a clue what to do.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
friendly crowd
Warner will also have to deal with friendly crowd provocation.
Times, Sunday Times
It was a friendly crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
The friendly crowd creates a buzzy atmosphere.
Times, Sunday Times
About 1,000 people were present; they were mostly quiet and it was generally a calm and friendly crowd.
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gather a crowd
A dynamic communicator and wonderful music can gather a crowd, but they often do not move people forward in discipleship.
Christianity Today
The team used live music, skits, and movies of the neighborhood to attract attention and help gather the crowd.
Christianity Today
If you're splashing out and can gather a crowd, there's plenty of choice, with the larger properties boasting swanky sound systems and plenty of trimmings.
Times, Sunday Times
However, he still retained some popularity with the masses, and his presence never failed to quickly gather a crowd.
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hostile crowd
Even when he was right, he was playing to a hostile crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
But referees are only human and a hostile crowd, it gets to them.
Times, Sunday Times
It was a hostile crowd, the moment gets to you and you do something silly.
Times, Sunday Times
What riot cop, threatened by a hostile crowd, could resist the bliss of a jet of water to blow away troublesome individuals like ants?
Times, Sunday Times
A small, hostile crowd gathered.
Times, Sunday Times
huge crowd
From the car park to the huge crowd.
The Sun (2009)
And there is a gilt-edged opportunity to give a huge crowd a thrill while also raising pots of money for good causes.
The Sun (2015)
The pole vaulter was attempting 5.65m when it gave way, to gasps from the huge crowd.
The Sun (2012)
But they ended up with a huge crowd as punters flocked into the tent to escape the lashing rain.
The Sun (2011)
I see an artisan ice-cream vendor trying to cope with a huge crowd of local tourists, and queue to buy a green mango and salt lollipop.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
jubilant crowd
As she cycled alone to the line, she had time to grab a national flag from the jubilant crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
The jubilant crowd starts sprinting through a gap that opened up in the barricades.
Times, Sunday Times
Soon, he says, the guards seemed to become resigned to what was happening as jubilant crowds cheered and waved flags.
Times, Sunday Times
She and her colleagues were filming what they thought were jubilant crowds when 'everything went wrong', she said.
Times, Sunday Times
large crowd
The large crowd made their way to the exits, disappointed to have seen only half of the exotic dancer's performance.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A large crowd goaded the police as they forced him towards their van.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Under heavy escort he drove through the large crowd gathered in Whitehall and was somewhat mollified to find himself being cheered.
Forbes, Bryan A SONG AT TWILIGHT (2001)
Would the viewing be great on the terraces for a large crowd?
The Sun (2017)
massive crowd
But he still managed to pull a massive crowd.
The Sun (2014)
There was a massive crowd around the chefs' stage all weekend.
The Sun (2011)
LA officials were preparing for massive crowds outside the Staples Center.
The Sun (2009)
milling crowd
The milling crowd of looters, suddenly electrified, drew back.
James Fergusson KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds (2004)
I saw a milling crowd and pushed into it.
Hyland, Paul Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent (1994)
The milling crowd was like the queue for the last helicopter out of Saigon.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
noisy crowd
It was a tough game to make his debut in front of a big, noisy crowd in a high pressure game.
The Sun
We'll have a full house and a noisy crowd behind us.
The Sun
An imposing ground that oozes history and more often than not a packed, noisy crowd enjoying the day.
The Sun
He will be backed by a noisy crowd who snapped up 6,000 tickets for the event in six minutes.
The Sun
But their lack of pretension doesn't puncture the reverent atmosphere: noisy crowd members are shushed and nobody leaves until after the second encore.
Times, Sunday Times
packed crowd
They played to a packed crowd.
The Sun (2012)
But he got a rousing reception from a packed crowd who chanted his name.
The Sun (2013)
You want to play the best teams in the world and what is better than meeting them in a final at home before a packed crowd?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
partisan crowd
He was helped by a partisan crowd, but perhaps that was significant too.
Times, Sunday Times
The partisan crowd showed their sportsmanship by loudly applauding victors from other nations and cheering trailing athletes from smaller nations.
The Sun
To add to the drama, a huge, partisan crowd will be watching in a converted football stadium.
Times, Sunday Times
Still, even in a partisan crowd, most people won't remember much of this stuff.
Times, Sunday Times
One brilliant dive to make a volley had the fantastically partisan crowd on their feet, jumping up and down yet again.
The Sun
please the crowd
He knows how to fight, he knows how to please the crowd, he knows what the people want.
Times, Sunday Times
He's not there to please the crowd.
The Sun
They tease defenders and please the crowd.
The Sun
His innocent routine in baggy old boxers seems to please the crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
He needs to do what he's good at and forget about trying to please the crowd.
The Sun
raucous crowd
A raucous crowd, a sunny sky and an upset on the cards.
Times, Sunday Times
Footage shows the fight spilling into the street, with drinks and punches thrown as a raucous crowd shouts and cheers.
The Sun
The conversion made it 16-6 and the raucous crowd was left to contemplate in silence the injustices of life.
Times, Sunday Times
Either of them would have given them the lead, and stoked the raucous crowd even more.
Times, Sunday Times
With the locals having adopted the underdogs as their team, every wicket and dot-ball was cheered by a raucous crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
rowdy crowd
He batted with characteristic elegance, one sumptuous on drive inducing the purrs of the purists in an otherwise rowdy crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
At the start of his speech the rowdy crowd broke into chants of 'four more years'.
Times, Sunday Times
A rowdy crowd of 79,000 fans celebrated, and many stormed the field to tear down the goal posts, carrying them around the field.
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The rowdy crowd grew restless and began throwing mud onto the stage.
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The lumber industry brought sawmills and a rowdy crowd, and the area was known for its disreputable saloon culture during the 1880s and 1890s.
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scan a crowd
I scanned the crowd for literally anyone who wanted my autograph, but people peered past me for the stars on the shows they actually knew.
Times,Sunday Times
But as he scanned the crowd he made a startling discovery.
Times, Sunday Times
She scans the crowd of beautiful people.
Globe and Mail
sellout crowd
Most of the 60,000 sellout crowd left before the end but those who stayed booed the team off.
The Sun (2013)
Somewhat surprisingly, the sellout crowd had to wait for 41 minutes for the home side to convert threat into reward.
The Sun (2008)
A sellout crowd today, they hope, will help.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
silent crowd
A silent crowd would appear every day around the pit where she was digging.
Times, Sunday Times
This was no cause for celebration and speeches were made to a notably silent crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
After a few moments of stunned disbelief, the silent crowd burst into cheers.
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small crowd
Eighteen of this small crowd were women, the rest men; no children.
Somewhere East of Life (1994)
There were small crowds of shoppers outside.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
As I leave and his table is besieged by a small crowd of admirers, it strikes me how many of his stories are full of joy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
sold-out crowd
Now, granted, plenty of this sold-out crowd were connecting very happily.
Times, Sunday Times
The sold-out crowd duly rose to its feet.
Times, Sunday Times
Not that the sold-out crowd of more than 500 didn't love it.
Globe and Mail
Boredom, most likely, and that was its effect on this listener, though not on the sold-out crowd, which seemed well-pleased with both the good and the indifferent.
Globe and Mail
It was a sold-out crowd, and there was so much heart and soul, plus energy felt from the audience.
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sparse crowd
A dull match in front of a sparse crowd got the 0-0 scoreline it deserved yet the opening moments had promised greater excitement.
Times, Sunday Times
The two previous clashes were soured by accusations of offensive chanting, but this time a sparse crowd seemed to cool the antagonism.
Times,Sunday Times
Their fans in the sparse crowd were quick to vent their frustrations in their final warm-up.
The Sun
She had just practised before a sparse crowd.
canada.com
Her diffident stagecraft didn't help, nor did the relatively sparse crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
stadium crowd
Sources said tonight's pageant — in front of an 80,000 stadium crowd — will be 'spectacular yet thoughtful and moving'.
The Sun
Singing with a big stadium crowd in unison.
Times, Sunday Times
The album has a very stadium crowd feel quality that various other live albums from the early 1990s had.
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In explaining the reversal to the stadium crowd and the television audience, the referee stated that the ball was moving forward at the time it was dropped.
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Success on a monumental scale brought decades of fawning record executives, awe-struck accountants, stadium crowds and - at one stage - virtually servile reviews.
Times, Sunday Times
the wrong crowd
Their daughter had got in with the wrong crowd, and they were worried about her.
Christianity Today (2000)
Well you've picked a fight with the wrong crowd.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He wasn't aggressive but he got with the wrong crowd.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
thrill the crowd
By definition, though, airshows are designed to thrill the crowd, so planes are flown as close to the 'floor' as safely possible.
Times, Sunday Times
Were names to thrill the crowd.
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Thrilled the crowd with a barnstorming run from the halfway line after 22 minutes and saw a firm header superbly tipped on to the bar.
Times, Sunday Times
Thrilling the crowds at air shows was only part of the point of their displays.
Times, Sunday Times
She thrilled the crowd with double canter pirouettes and half passes in passage, to score 84.339 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times
unruly crowd
Not unless in an unruly crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
The result was enthusiastically received by the large and unruly crowd.
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Due to the unruly crowd, the police allow the players to complete the game.
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Unruly crowds have already staged at least one noisy show of anger over aid.
Times, Sunday Times
From time to time unruly crowds threatened to stone him or to burn his house.
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usual crowd
Impulsively they decide to throw a party, inviting their usual crowd of decadent, egocentric revellers.
Times, Sunday Times
We had the laptop mess-up and it wasn't our usual crowd.
Times, Sunday Times
If you are single, a new face among the usual crowd will catch your eye.
The Sun
By 11pm, and after several pints of said beverage, things were going well: all the usual crowd had turned up, and the house was filled with noise.
Times, Sunday Times
They drew a younger than usual crowd, and a noisier one, judging by the whoops of applause at the end.
Times, Sunday Times
watching crowd
The behaviour of a watching crowd mattered because it might itself be watched by other crowds across the country and the empire.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
He was standing beside an exhibit of Toltec masks, watching the crowd, which was watching television crews at another exhibit.
Hillerman, Tony TALKING GOD (1991)
By the gate an old man with a face like a warty apple was sitting on a kitchen chair watching the crowd arrive.
Wright, Eric A BODY SURROUNDED BY WATER (2005)
wow a crowd
Too much and you'll not so much wow the crowd as scare it away.
Times, Sunday Times
As the moon visits your talent chart, you have the guts to pick up a mic and wow a crowd with comedy or music.
The Sun
The object was to wow the crowd with the most entertaining and stylish walk, and win the cake.
Globe and Mail
The fountain alone was enough to wow the crowds.
Times, Sunday Times
And the triple world champ wowed the crowd with a double dismount which included two somersaults and two turns.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 人群, 聚集
Japanese: 群集, 群がる
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