huddled

英 [ˈhʌdld]

美 [ˈhʌdld]

v.  (通常因寒冷或害怕)挤在一起; (通常因寒冷或害怕)蜷缩，缩成一团
huddle的过去分词和过去式

过去式：huddled　

BNC.34312 / COCA.27160

柯林斯词典

• VERB （通常因寒冷或恐惧而）蜷缩，缩成一团
  If youhuddlesomewhere, you sit, stand, or lie there holding your arms and legs close to your body, usually because you are cold or frightened.
  1. She huddled inside the porch as she rang the bell...
     她按门铃时身子在门廊里缩成一团。
  2. Myrtle sat huddled on the side of the bed, weeping.
     默特尔缩着身子坐在床边哭泣。
• VERB （通常因寒冷或恐惧而）聚在一起，挤成一团
  If peoplehuddle togetherorhuddle roundsomething, they stand, sit, or lie close to each other, usually because they all feel cold or frightened.
  1. Tired and lost, we huddled together...
     我们疲惫不堪，又迷了路，于是大家都挤在一起。
  2. ...strangers huddling together for warmth...
     挤作一团取暖的陌生人
  3. Hundreds of people huddled around a single transistor radio listening to the announcement...
     数百人挤在一台晶体管收音机周围收听公告。
  4. The survivors spent the night huddled around bonfires.
     幸存者围聚着篝火过了夜。
• V-RECIP （私下）开会;(暗中)碰头
  If peoplehuddlein a group, they gather together to discuss something quietly or secretly.
  1. Off to one side, Sticht, Macomber, Jordan, and Kreps huddled to discuss something...
     施蒂希特、麦康伯、乔丹和克雷普斯走到一旁私下商量着什么。
  2. The president has been huddling with his most senior aides...
     总统一直在和最高层助理开私下碰头会。
  3. Mrs Clinton was huddled with advisers at her headquarters.
     克林顿夫人和顾问聚在总部秘谈。
• N-COUNT 拥挤的一群;杂乱的一堆
  Ahuddleis a small group of people or things that are standing very close together or lying on top of each other, usually in a disorganized way.
  1. We lay there: a huddle of bodies, gasping for air...
     我们横七竖八地挤作一团躺在那里，大口喘着气。
  2. Les kept seeing Eric and Tam in a huddle and he knew they were talking about him.
     莱斯总是看到埃里克和塔姆凑在一起，他知道他们是在谈论自己。
  3. ...the huddle of dark houses on the other side of the reservoir.
     水库另一边那一片杂乱无序的黑魆魆的房子

英英释义

adj

• crowded or massed together
  1. give me...your huddled masses
  2. the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind

双语例句

• Myrtle sat huddled on the side of the bed, weeping.
  默特尔缩着身子坐在床边哭泣。
• They huddled up in the corner, trying to escape being whipped.
  他们在墙角缩作一团，试图避开那顿鞭打。
• Most of the people waiting were huddled under a roadway underpass, shivering with wet clothing and hair.
  大多数人头发和衣服都是湿的，蜷缩在地下通道中，坚持等待着。
• They huddled together for warmth.
  他们挤在一起取暖。
• He was huddled with John trying to jump-start his car.
  他和约翰凑在一起，试着用跨接引线发动他的汽车。
• They were attacked as they huddled nakedly on the bare hill.
  当他们在光秃秃的山上毫无防备地挤做一团的时候，有人对他们发起了进攻。
• He lay huddled up in bed.
  他躺在床上，蜷缩成一团。
• Emperor penguins huddled together against the cold are using coordinated waves of movement to stay tightly packed together.
  帝企鹅们挤在一起，通过用协调的摇摆动作紧挨在一块来抵抗寒冷的环境。
• The frightened child huddled himself up.
  孩子吓得挛缩成一团。
• Tired and lost, we huddled together
  我们疲惫不堪，又迷了路，于是大家都挤在一起。