throng
/θrɒŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /θrɔːŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈthrȯŋ/ (ame, mw) · /θrɑːŋ/ (ame, ipa)
throng — noun
- throngsingular
- throngsplural
1. a very large number of people packed tightly into one place, so close together t
a very large number of people packed tightly into one place, so close together that moving past them is difficult.
A throng of fans waited outside the stadium for hours before the concert.
a throng of + plural noun (fans)
Ari pushed her way through the noisy throng to reach the bakery.
through the throng — common preposition pattern
By eight o'clock a huge throng had gathered in front of the palace gates.
Police officers struggled to control the throng of protesters outside the courthouse.
Joaquín lost sight of his son in the throng leaving the football match.
- handful
a very small number of people, the opposite scale
文法句型
a throng of + plural noun
用法筆記
More formal than 'crowd' and typically appears in written or descriptive English; suggests the people are packed close together, not just numerous. Often takes 'of + plural noun' to name who makes up the group.
常見錯誤
throng — verb
- throngpresent simple I / you / we / they
- throngs3rd person singular
- thronging-ing form
- throngedpast simple
1. if people throng a place, or throng to, into, or around it, very large numbers o
if people throng a place, or throng to, into, or around it, very large numbers of them go there and fill it, often standing close together.
Thousands of visitors throng the temple every morning during the festival in Kyoto.
transitive: throng + place
Reporters thronged around the actor as he stepped out of the airport in Lagos.
throng around + person — typical pattern
Children thronged to the school gates when the ice-cream van arrived.
Shoppers thronged into the new mall on its opening day, filling every floor by noon.
Tourists throng the narrow streets of Venice from April until October each year.
- disperse
to move apart in different directions, the opposite movement
文法句型
throng + to/into/around + place
throng + place (transitive)
用法筆記
Subject is almost always a plural noun referring to people (fans, shoppers, reporters, tourists). Frequently appears with a directional preposition (to, into, around, toward) when the focus is movement, and without one when the focus is the resulting density.