huddle

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hud·dle1 /ˈhʌdl/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also huddle together/up)TOGETHER if a group of people huddle together, they stay very close to each other, especially because they are cold or frightened 〔尤因寒冷或恐惧而〕（使）挤作一团，（使）聚成一堆

We lay huddled together for warmth.

我们紧紧挤在一起取暖。

huddle around

People huddled around the radio, waiting for news.

人们聚集在收音机旁，等候消息。

2 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]BEND to lie or sit with your arms and legs close to your body because you are cold or frightened 〔因寒冷或恐惧而〕蜷缩着身体

She huddled under the blankets.

她盖着毯子缩成一团。

The snow blew against his huddled body.

雪花飘落在他蜷缩的身体上。

3 [intransitiveI] American EnglishAmE to sit or stand with a small group of people in order to discuss something privately 〔一小群人〕聚集〔私下讨论某事〕

The executive board huddled to discuss the issue.

管理层聚在一起讨论那个问题。

4. [intransitiveI] if American football players huddle, they gather around one player who tells them the plan for the next part of the game 〔美式橄榄球队员〕靠拢〔听取指示〕

Examples from the Corpus

huddle• Homeless men huddled beneath flimsy blankets on the sidewalk.• Last night families were huddled in fields fearing further tremors.• A group of beggars were huddling in the shop entrance to keep dry.• He sat huddled, looking pathetic and sorry for himself, and he would not smile.• They smoke between classes and after lunch, much like their adult counterparts who huddle outside office buildings for smoke breaks.• This week, the union's executive board huddled to discuss how to keep workers from competing against each other.• The Springboks team, led by Joost van der Westhuizen, huddled together and prayed.• The room didn't have any heating, and we had to huddle together for warmth.• Quietly they huddled together on the cobbles of the drive.• Even worse, during storms animals tend to huddle together, which creates even longer step potential loops.• Mum was still huddled under the blanket.

huddle around• People huddled around their radios and TVs, waiting for news.

Related topics: American football

huddle2 noun [countableC]

1 GROUP OF PEOPLEa group of people or things that are close together, but not arranged in any particular order, pattern, or system 紧紧聚在一起的一群人；杂乱的一堆东西

huddle of

a huddle of straw huts

一片杂乱的茅草屋

Huddles of men stood around talking.

男人们三五成群地站在那里说话。

2. DSAa group of players in American football who gather around one player who tells them the plan for the next part of the game 〔美式橄榄球中〕聚拢听取战术指导的一群队员

3. get/go into a huddle GROUP OF PEOPLEto form a small group away from other people in order to discuss something 私下商量，秘密商谈

Examples from the Corpus

get/go into a huddle• As with the highly misleading phrase Stavrogin's Confession, critics and commentators behave as if they had got into a huddle.• They had gone into a huddle, obviously discussing their captives.• As each question is asked each team goes into a huddle and then writes down its answer.• The meeting was chaotic, but at the end Mr Williams went into a huddle with a group of hauliers.

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huddle• As each question is asked each team goes into a huddle and then writes down its answer.• Gwendolen loses her composure and huddles in terror.• They talked in a close huddle and every so often would both turn round and look at me.• He talks incessantly, in huddles with Jason and his solicitor and junior counsel.• Nabers asks the seniors to come up with a cheer to break the huddle.• With 16 seconds left, and no timeouts remaining, Starr stepped into the huddle for the last call.• Mariucci noted the huddle could look strange with Rudolph standing with the other linemen.• Cops in twos and threes huddle, lightly tap their thighs with night sticks and smile at me with benevolence.

huddle of• Botwood was a huddle of small houses around a small harbor.

Origin huddle1

(1500-1600) Perhaps from Low German hudeln “to crowd together”

hud·dle1 verbhuddle2 noun

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