| 单词 | to crowd in; about, after ; into, to, upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto crowd in; about, after (a person); into, to, upon (a place or thing) a. intransitive. Of persons, etc. in numbers: To press toward a common centre, to gather or congregate closely so as to press upon one another; to come or assemble in large numbers or crowds; to flock, throng. With many adverbs and prepositions, e.g. to crowd in; about, after (a person); into, to, upon (a place or thing). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of people or animals > in large numbers thringOE threngc1175 crowda1400 flocka1400 swarm1526 growl1542 throngc1565 shoala1618 horde1801 bike1805 fry1816 hotch1893 a1400 Pist. Susan 83 On croppus of canel keneliche þei croude. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 45 Men to vs thick crouded. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 408 People not being so hasty to crowde in, or justle them out of these Quarters. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 196 Multitudes of People crowded to his Sermons. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §110. 125 There croud into his Mind, the Ideas which [etc.]. 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 14 Sept. (1965) I. 263 The company crouded away in such confusion, I was allmost squeez'd to Death. 1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lvii. 232 The Macedonians crowded about him. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 197 Suspicions and alarms crowd upon him. < as lemmas |
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