throng
/θrɒŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /θrɔːŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈthrȯŋ/ (ame, mw) · /θrɑːŋ/ (ame, ipa)
throng — 名詞
- throngsingular
- throngsplural
1. a very large number of people packed tightly into one place, so close together t
人群；群眾
聚集在一處的大批人潮
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.
演唱會前，一大群粉絲在球場外等了好幾個小時。
a throng of + plural noun (fans)
Ari pushed her way through the noisy throng to reach the bakery.
Ari 擠過吵雜的人群，才走到那家麵包店。
through the throng — common preposition pattern
By eight o'clock a huge throng had gathered in front of the palace gates.
到了八點，宮殿大門前已聚集了一大群人。
Police officers struggled to control the throng of protesters outside the courthouse.
警察費了好大力氣，才控制住法院外的抗議人群。
Joaquín lost sight of his son in the throng leaving the football match.
Joaquín 在散場的足球人潮中跟兒子走散了。
- 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 — 動詞
- 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
湧入；簇擁
大批人潮湧向或擠滿某處
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.
節慶期間，每天早上都有成千上萬的訪客湧入京都的那座寺廟。
transitive: throng + place
Reporters thronged around the actor as he stepped out of the airport in Lagos.
當那位演員走出拉哥斯機場時，記者們立刻簇擁了上來。
throng around + person — typical pattern
Children thronged to the school gates when the ice-cream van arrived.
冰淇淋車一到，孩子們就一窩蜂湧到校門口。
Shoppers thronged into the new mall on its opening day, filling every floor by noon.
新購物中心開幕當天，購物人潮湧入賣場，中午前就擠滿了每一層樓。
Tourists throng the narrow streets of Venice from April until October each year.
每年從四月到十月，遊客都會擠滿威尼斯狹窄的街道。
- 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.