| 释义 |
huddle up
Translationshuddle up
huddle up1. To come together in a small and/or specific group, often to discuss something privately. Likened to a huddle in American football, in which the offensive team gathers together before a play to discuss their plan. Go ahead and huddle up with your husband and decide if you want to submit a counter-offer. Come on, fellas, huddle up with the coaches!2. To cause people to come together in a small and/or specific group. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "huddle" and "up." Can you huddle up everyone who's going on the next tour?3. To bring the limbs in close to the body; to curl up. We huddled up together to try to keep warm.See also: huddle, uphuddle upv.1. To move close together to form a tightly packed group: The football team huddled up to discuss the next play.2. To cause a group to come together in a tightly packed crowd: I huddled the children up in a group in the museum lobby. The police huddled up the protesters and led them into the van.3. To assume a position with the limbs drawn up close to the body: The lost hiker huddled up under a shelter made of branches and leaves. See also: huddle, up |