a crowd of people 聚集的人群;一大群人 We pushed our way through the throng. 我们挤过人群。 He was met by a throng of journalists and photographers. 他遇上了一群记者和摄影师。
Extra ExamplesShe was lost in the throng. 她在人群中迷失了方向。 Shopkeepers were closing up and joining the throng in the streets. 店主们正在关门,加入街上的人群。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- assembled
- gathered
- join
- among/through the throng
- in the throng
- into the throng
- …
Word OriginOld English (ge)thrang ‘crowd, tumult’, of Germanic origin. The early sense of the verb (Middle English) was ‘press violently, force one's way’.