2[singular] informalFRIEND a group of people who know each other, work together etc 〔互相认识、一起工作等的〕一群人,一伙人,一帮人
I didn’t know him; he wasn’t one of the usual crowd.
我不认识他,他不是平时那一群人里的。
3the crowdordinary people, not unusual in any way 大众,百姓,凡夫俗子
You have to do things exceptionally well to stand out from the crowd (=be different from ordinary people).
你必须干得非常出色才能脱颖而出。
He wanted to go unnoticed, to be one of the crowd.
他想默默无闻地做个普通人。
Examples from the Corpus
stand out from the crowd• Even now, Jonadab held himself as erect as in his youth and stood out from the crowd.• The real problem is to make your particular messagestand out from the crowd.• When it comes to a basiccurrentaccount, there is little a bank can do to stand out from the crowd.• And for those determined enough to stand out from the crowd by virtue of understatement, that may well be enough.
nCOLLOCATIONS
verbs
a crowd gathers
A large crowd had gathered to watch the procession go past.
a crowd cheers (=shouts to show praise, support etc)
The crowd cheered as the team came onto the pitch.
a crowd roars (=shouts in a very excited way)
As the band appeared the crowd roared in approval.
a crowd surges forward (=moves forward all together)
Police officers began to lose control and the crowd surged forward.
a crowd disperses/breaks up (=goes away in different directions)
Seeing there would be no more entertainment, the crowd began to disperse.
a crowd lines the street/route etc
A crowd lined the street to catch a glimpse of the president.
attract/draw a crowd
The ceremony is expected to draw a crowd of more than 1,000.
pull a crowd/pull in the crowds (=make a lot of people come to something)
Low prices always pull in the crowds.
disperse/break up a crowd (=make a crowd go away in different directions)
A few warning shots were fired in an attempt to disperse the crowd.
mingle/mix with the crowd (=join a crowd to be social or in order not to be noticed)
The actors went outside to talk to and mingle with the crowd.
adjectives
a big/large/huge crowd
A big crowd is expected tomorrow for the final match.
a good crowd (=a big one)
There was a good crowd on the first night of the show.
a capacity crowd (=the maximum number of people that a place can hold)
The band performed brilliantly to a capacity crowd.
a sellout crowd (=one that has bought all the tickets for something)
The team won in front of a sellout crowd of 17,765.
a record crowd (=the biggest one there has ever been)
They were playing before a record crowd of 50,000.
a bumper crowd (=a very big one)
As usual there was a bumper crowd at the festival.
phrases
a crowd of people
I pushed my way through the crowd of people.
a crowd of onlookers (=of people who stop to watch something that is happening)
A crowd of onlookers had gathered to see what all the fuss was about.
nTHESAURUS
crowd a large number of people together in one place
The exhibition is expected to attract large crowds of visitors.
1[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]CROWD if people crowd somewhere, they gather together in large numbers, filling a particular place 群集,聚集;拥挤
crowd into
Hundreds of people crowded into the church for the funeral.
数百人拥进教堂参加葬礼。
crowd round/around
We all crowded round the table.
我们都挤在桌子周围。
be crowded together
the rapid spread of infection in areas where people are crowded together
传染病在人群聚集的地方迅速蔓延
2[transitiveT] if people or things crowd a place, there are a lot of them there 挤满,塞满
Holidaymakers crowded the beaches.
海滩上挤满了度假者。
Range after range of mountains crowd the horizon.
地平线上山峦层叠。
3[transitiveT]IDEA if thoughts or ideas crowd your mind or memory, they fill it, not allowing you to think of anything else 〔想法或观点〕塞满〔脑子〕
Strange thoughts and worries were crowding his mind.
他脑子里满是奇怪的想法和忧虑。
4[transitiveT]
a)ANNOYto make someone angry by moving too close to them 挤,逼近〔因而把人激怒〕
Stop crowding me – there’s plenty of room.
别挤我——地方大着呢。
b)especially American EnglishAmEUPSET to make someone angry or upset by making too many unfairdemands on them 〔用太多不合理的要求〕催促,催逼〔因而使人生气或不快〕
5crowd inphrasal verbphr vif problems or thoughtscrowd in on you, you cannot stop thinking about them 〔问题或想法〕涌上心头,涌入脑海
on
She shut her mind against the fears that crowded in on her.
她克制自己不去想那些涌上心头的恐惧感。
Examples from the Corpus
crowd in• More than 100 people crowded into the fire station for Thursday night's council meeting.• People kept crowding in, and one woman started to panic.
crowd on• Just as his clothes were beginning to fit comfortably again, he sawtemptationcrowding in on every side.• Suddenly, she had a new set of memories, crowding in on her own.• My nightmares returned at a time when everything was crowding in on me and I couldn't cope.• The woodscrowd in on me as I make my way along the ancienttrack.• Gloomypremonitionscrowded in on me.• Up to then there had been little social division in towns and houses were crowded in on themselves in a formless way.• Gone are the unitscrowded in on top of each other, and darkcentralplazasremoved from the city streets.• As demandscrowd in on you it becomes increasingly difficult to keep things in perspective.
6crowd somebody/something ↔ outphrasal verbphr vFORCE somebody TO DO somethingto force someone or something out of a place or situation 把…挤出,排挤
Supermarket chains have crowded out the smaller shops.
1large number of people in one place聚集的人群ADJECTIVE | VERB + CROWD | CROWD + VERB | CROWD + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, bumper, capacity, enormous, good, great, huge, large, massive, packed, record, sell-out, vast一大群人;座無虛席;人數空前的一大群人◇The show played to capacity crowds.那場表演座無虛席。➤small一小群人▸➤gathering, growing不斷聚集的/不斷增多的人群▸➤assembled聚集在一起的人◇The president read a declaration to a vast assembled crowd.總統向大批聚在一起的人宣讀了聲明。➤entire, whole整個人群▸➤jostling, milling, surging推推搡搡的人潮;湧動的人潮◇We pushed our way through the milling crowds of guests.我們從湧動的賓客人群中擠了出來。➤noisy嘈雜的人群▸➤admiring, adoring, appreciative, cheering, enthusiastic, excited, expectant仰慕的/敬慕的/讚賞的/喝彩的/充滿熱情的/興奮的/期待的人群▸➤angry, hostile, partisan憤怒的/充滿敵意的/成幫結夥的人群▸➤rush-hour (especially BrE) 交通高峰時間的人群▸➤diverse, motley (especially BrE) 魚龍混雜的人群◇the usual motley crowd of tourists, hawkers and pigeons像往常一樣混雜着遊客、小販和易上當者的人群➤football, theatre/theater足球賽/劇院觀眾▸➤home, hometown (= at a sports game) (NAmE) (體育比賽)主場觀眾VERB + CROWD➤attract, bring, bring in, draw, gather, get, pull, pull in吸引觀眾◇Boxing is a sport that always attracts large crowds.拳擊這項運動總能吸引大批觀眾。➤break up, disperse驅散/疏散人群◇Police were called to disperse the crowd.警察奉召到場驅散人群。➤control控制人群▸➤address, entertain, play to, work對聽眾講話;娛樂觀眾;為觀眾表演;帶動觀眾▸➤join, mingle with加入/混入人群▸➤avoid避開人群◇If you want to avoid the crowds, get there early.如果你不想挨擠,就早點兒到那裏。➤face面對人群▸➤scan, search, watch盤查/搜查/監視人群➤get lost in在人群中迷路◇She was afraid she might get lost in the crowd.她擔心自己在人群中迷失方向。CROWD + VERB➤assemble, collect, gather人群聚集◇An expectant crowd gathered outside his house.滿懷期待的人群聚集在他房子外面。➤grow, swell人群擴大◇The crowd grew to over 15 000.人群擴大到超過了 15,000 人。➤rush人群奔湧◇The crowd rushed forward.人群湧向前去。➤flock, mill, throng sth, throng around sb/sth人群蜂擁;人群湧動;人群擁塞⋯◇Crowds have been flocking to the beaches in this hot weather.在如此炎熱的天氣裏人們都湧到了海灘。◇crowds thronging the streets of Rio里約街頭湧動的人潮◇A crowd thronged around the wounded man.一群人聚集在那個受傷的人周圍。➤disperse, melt away, thin out人群散開;人群逐漸散去◇After the ambulance drove off, the crowd dispersed.救護車開走後,人群就散開了。➤part人群分離▸➤chant, cheer, erupt, roar, scream人群反複呼喊/歡呼/突然爆發出/大喊/尖叫▸➤boo, hiss, jeer人群發出一陣噓聲;人群發出嘲笑聲▸➤line the street人群聚集在街道兩旁◇Crowds lined the streets of the city as the president's car approached.總統的車駛近時,人們聚集在市區街道兩旁。CROWD + NOUN➤control人群控制▸➤favourite/favorite觀眾的最愛◇She didn't win but she was clearly the crowd favourite / favorite.她雖然沒有獲勝,但顯然是最受觀眾喜愛的一位。➤noise人群的喧譁▸➤scene人群場景PREPOSITION➤among a/the crowd在人群中◇A bewildered child was wandering among the crowd.一個不知所措的孩子徘徊在人群中。➤in a/the crowd在人群裏◇I saw some familiar faces in the crowd.我在人群裏看到了一些熟悉的面孔。➤through a/the crowd穿過人群◇She fought her way through the crowd.她從人群中擠了出來。➤crowd of一群⋯◇a big crowd of football supporters一大群足球迷PHRASES➤the back of a crowd, the front of a crowd, the middle of a crowd人群的後部/前部/中間crowd
noun²
2the crowdordinary people民眾VERB + THE CROWD | PHRASESVERB + THE CROWD➤be one of, follow是普通人;從眾◇She's happy to follow the crowd.她願意隨大溜。➤stand out from與眾不同◇We all like to think we stand out from the crowd (= are different from other people).我們都希望自己與眾不同。PHRASES➤a face in the crowd芸芸眾生之一◇To her I'm just another face in the crowd.對她而言,我不過是人群中的另一張普通的面孔。
crowd noun ⇨crowd (crowds of people)⇨general public (stand out from/follow the crowd)⇨group2 (get in with the wrong crowd)crowd
noun
crowd ♦︎ mob ♦︎ horde ♦︎ throng ♦︎ drove ♦︎ crush ♦︎ rabbleThese are all words for a lot of people together.这些词均表示人群。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a crowd / hordes / a throng / droves / a crush of people◆a crowd / mob / horde / rabble of youths◆a crowd / throng of journalists / photographers◆people do sth in hordes / droves◆a / an angry / unruly / hostile crowd / mob◆a disorderly crowd / rabble◆to push / fight / force your way through the crowd / mob / hordes / throng / crush◆to break up / disperse a crowd / mob◆to join the crowd / throng◆a crowd / mob / throng gathers■crowd [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◆A small crowd had gathered outside the church.一小群人已经聚集在教堂外面了。◆Crowds of people poured into the street.人群涌上街头。◆I want to get there early to avoid the crowds.我想早点赶到那里,避开人潮。◆The game attracted a capacity crowd of 80 000.这场比赛爆满,吸引了8万名观众。◆Nearly 300 marshals will be involved in crowd control.将近300名法警将参与人群控制工作。◆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。■mob [countable + singular or plural verb] (oftendisapproving) a large crowd of people, especially one that may become violent or cause trouble人群;(尤指)暴民◆An angry mob of demonstrators came charging around the corner.一群愤怒的示威者从街角冲过来。◆mob rule(= a situation in which a mob has control, rather than people in authority)暴民统治◆a lynch mob(= a group of people who capture and kill sb illegally because they consider them guilty of a crime)施用私刑的暴民■hordehɔːd; NAmEhɔːrd [countable] (sometimesdisapproving) a large crowd of people一大群人◆There are always hordes of tourists here in the summer.夏天这里总有成群结队的游客。◆Football fans turned up in hordes.来了大批大批的足球迷。■throng [countable] (written) 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。NOTE辨析 Crowd or throng?Crowd is a much more frequent and general word than throng. Throng is used especially in descriptive writing to suggest lots of people crowding together in a busy or excited way. A throng attracts people who want to join in or find out what is going on. You might want to avoid/get away from the crowds but you would not usually 'avoid/get away from the throng'. At a sports game you talk about the crowd, not the throng. * crowd远较throng常用、宽泛。throng尤用于描写性文字中,有热闹忙乱之意,会使人想加入进来或一睹究竟。可以说avoid/get away from the crowds,但一般不说avoid/get away from the throng。指观看体育比赛的观众用crowd,不用throng。■drovedrəʊv; NAmEdroʊv [countable, usually plural] a large number of people or animals, often moving or doing sth as a group(移动的)人群,畜群◆People are leaving the countryside in droves to look for work in the cities.一批一批的人离开农村到城里找工作。■crush [countable, usually singular] (sometimesdisapproving) a crowd of people pressed close together in a small space(狭小空间中)拥挤的人群◆There's always a big crush in the bar during the interval.幕间休息时酒吧里总是人群拥挤。■rabble [singular, plural] (disapproving) a large group of noisy people who are or may become violent乌合之众;聚众的暴民◆As he arrived he was met by a rabble of noisy youths.他到达时碰到了一群喧闹的年轻人。crowd
verb
➡ See also the entry for pack另见pack条crowd ♦︎ cluster ♦︎ flock ♦︎ huddle ♦︎ throng ♦︎ herdThese words are all used to talk about people standing or moving together in a group.这些词均表示人群聚集或拥向某处。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to crowd / cluster / flock / huddle / throng / herd together◆to crowd / cluster / flock / huddle / throng into somewhere◆to crowd / cluster / flock / huddle / throng round / around somewhere◆to flock / throng to somewhere◆to flock / throng to do sth◆to crowd / throng the streets◆people crowd / cluster / flock / huddle / throng somewhere■crowd [intransitive, transitive] to form a group of people that fills a place so there is little room to move挤满;塞满;使⋯拥挤◆We all crowded into her office to sing 'Happy Birthday'.我们都挤进她的办公室唱起《生日快乐》。◆Photographers were crowding around outside.外面挤满了摄影师。◆Thousands of people crowded the narrow streets.成千上万的人把狭窄的街道挤得水泄不通。ⓘ When there is no object, crowd is always used with an adverb or preposition.没有宾语时,crowd总是与副词或介词连用。■cluster [intransitive] (usually used with an adverb or preposition通常与副词或介词连用) to come together in a small group or groups(一小群人)群集,聚集◆Guests clustered at tables scattered around the hotel's bar.客人三三两两地聚集在饭店酒吧分散的几张桌子旁。 see also cluster ⇨ groupnoun1■flock [intransitive] (used with an adverb, preposition or to infinitive与副词、介词或带to的不定式连用) (of people or birds) to go or gather together somewhere in large numbers(人或鸟)群集,聚集,蜂拥◆Thousands of people flocked to the beach this weekend.这个周末好几千人蜂拥到海滩上去。◆People flocked to hear him speak.人们成群结队地去听他演讲。 see also flock ⇨ herdnoun■huddle [intransitive] (usually used with an adverb or preposition通常与副词或介词连用) (of people or animals) to gather closely together, usually because of cold or fear(人或动物通常因寒冷或害怕)挤在一起◆People huddled up close to each other.人们互相紧紧地挤在一起。■throng [intransitive, transitive] (ratherformal, written) to go somewhere or be present somewhere in large numbers群集;拥塞;拥向◆The children thronged into the hall.孩子们拥进了大厅。◆Crowds thronged the stores.商店都挤满了人。ⓘ When there is no object, throng is always used with an adverb or preposition.没有宾语时,throng总是与副词或介词连用。■herd [intransitive, transitive] (always used with an adverb or preposition总是与副词或介词连用) to move or make sb/sth move in a particular direction in a group(使)成群移动◆We all herded on to the bus.我们全都拥上了公共汽车。◆They were herded together into trucks and driven away.他们被一起赶上卡车拉走了。 see also herd ⇨ herdnoun