crowd
noun /kraʊd/
/kraʊd/
- [countable + singular or plural verb] a large number of people gathered together in a public place, for example in the streets or at a sports game
人群；观众 - He pushed his way through the crowd.
他在人群中往前挤。 - A small crowd had gathered outside the church.
一小群人聚集在教堂的外面。 - Police had to break up the crowd.
警方不得不驱散人群。 - crowd of somebody/something Crowds of people poured into the street.
人们成群结队涌上街头。 - He left the hotel surrounded by crowds of journalists.
他在大群记者的包围下离开了酒店。 - Several speakers addressed the crowd at the rally.
几位发言者在集会上向人群发表了讲话。 - a large/huge crowd
一大群人 - The match attracted a capacity crowd of 80 000 (= the maximum number of people who could attend).
这场比赛爆满，吸引了 8 万名观众。 - before a crowd The President spoke before a crowd of more than 50 000 in the city's football stadium.
总统在该市的足球场向5万多名观众发表了讲话。 - among a crowd The mayor of Paris was among the crowd that had gathered for the street celebration.
巴黎市长是聚集在街头庆祝的人群之一。 - to attract/draw a crowd
吸引/吸引人群 - I want to get there early to avoid the crowds.
我想早点儿赶到那里，免得拥挤。 - The crowd cheered the winning hit.
观众为那决胜的一击而欢呼。 - Nearly 300 marshals will be involved in crowd control.
将近300名法警将参与人群控制工作。 - crowd trouble
群众闹事 - A whole crowd of us (= a lot of us) are going to the ball.
我们一大帮人要去参加舞会。
- A crowd thronged around the wounded man.
一群人聚集在那个受伤的人周围。 - After the ambulance drove off, the crowd dispersed.
救护车开走后，人群就散开了。 - An expectant crowd gathered outside his house.
满怀期待的人群聚集在他房子外面。 - Boxing is a sport that always attracts large crowds.
拳击这项运动总能吸引大批观众。 - Crowds have been flocking to the beaches in this hot weather.
在如此炎热的天气里人们都涌到了海滩。 - Crowds lined the streets of the city as the president's car approached.
总统的车驶近时，人们聚集在市区街道两旁。 - I saw some familiar faces in the crowd.
我在人群里看到了一些熟悉的面孔。 - If you want to avoid the crowds, get there early.
如果你不想挨挤，就早点儿到那里。 - Police were called to disperse the crowd.
警察奉召到场驱散人群。 - She didn't win but she was clearly the crowd favourite/favorite.
她虽然没有获胜，但显然是最受观众喜爱的一位。 - She fought her way through the crowd.
她从人群中挤了出来。 - She was afraid she might get lost in the crowd.
她担心自己在人群中迷失方向。 - The crowd grew to over 15 000.
人群扩大到超过了 15,000 人。 - The crowd rushed forward.
人群涌向前去。 - The president read a declaration to a vast assembled crowd.
总统向大批聚在一起的人宣读了声明。 - We pushed our way through the milling crowds of guests.
我们从涌动的宾客人群中挤了出来。 - a big crowd of football supporters
一大群足球迷 - crowds thronging the streets of Rio
里约街头涌动的人潮
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- bumper
- capacity
- …
- attract
- bring
- bring in
- …
- assemble
- collect
- gather
- …
- control
- favourite/favorite
- noise
- …
- among a/the crowd
- in a/the crowd
- through a/the crowd
- …
- the back of a crowd
- the front of a crowd
- the middle of a crowd
- …
- He pushed his way through the crowd.
- [countable + singular or plural verb] (informal, often disapproving) a particular group of people
一伙人；一帮人 - Bob introduced her to some of the usual crowd (= people who often meet each other).
鲍勃把她介绍给常见面的几个朋友。 - the bright young theatrical crowd
这帮年轻聪明的戏剧演员
- They were a bit of a motley crowd.
他们有点混杂。 - They are a great crowd of people to work with.
他们是一大群可以共事的人。 - The bar attracts a slightly older crowd.
这家酒吧吸引了稍老一点的人群。 - He got in with the wrong crowd.
他和那帮不好的人混在一起。 - Do you ever see any of the old crowd from college?
你见过大学里的老朋友吗？ - By this time, it was attracting a more Bohemian and disreputable crowd.
这时，它正吸引着一群更加放荡不羁、声名狼藉的人。 - the usual motley crowd of tourists, hawkers, and pigeons
像往常一样混杂着游客、小贩和易上当者的人群
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- bumper
- capacity
- …
- attract
- bring
- bring in
- …
- assemble
- collect
- gather
- …
- control
- favourite/favorite
- noise
- …
- among a/the crowd
- in a/the crowd
- through a/the crowd
- …
- the back of a crowd
- the front of a crowd
- the middle of a crowd
- …
- Bob introduced her to some of the usual crowd (= people who often meet each other).
- the crowd[singular] (sometimes disapproving) ordinary people, not special or unusual in any way
群众；民众；老百姓；凡夫俗子 - We all like to think we stand out from the crowd (= are different from and better than other people).
我们都喜欢认为自己胜人一筹。 - He prefers to be one of the crowd.
他宁愿做个凡夫俗子。 - She's quite happy to follow the crowd.
她就愿意随大溜。 - To her I'm just another face in the crowd.
对她而言，我不过是人群中的另一张普通的面孔。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + the crowd- be one of
- follow
- stand out from
- …
- a face in the crowd
- We all like to think we stand out from the crowd (= are different from and better than other people).
词源Old English crūdan ‘press, hasten’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruien ‘push in a wheelbarrow’. In Middle English the senses ‘move by pushing’ and ‘push one's way’ arose, leading to the sense ‘congregate’, and hence (mid 16th cent.) to the noun.