CROWDa large group of people in one place 一大群人;人群SYN crowd
She got lost in the throng.
她在人群中迷路了。
throng of
a throng of excited spectators
一大群兴奋的观众
Examples from the Corpus
throng• a throng of reporters• On December 22, Don Nicolas Bravo arrived, to be received by a great throng of people.• Dressed in town clothes and wraparound shades, they stand out from the throng of tribal dress and ochre bodies.• Taking a breath, Calipari smiles and wades into the throng, chatting amiably as he obliges each request.• A glimpse of a tall black-haired man on the edge of the throng sent suddenexcitement sky-rocketing.• This led her to starestraight towards Rupert Green and his companion who still waited on the outskirts of the throng.• Corbett did not stay but pushed through the throng of people and walked on.• They passed into West Chepe where the throng was greatest.• Animals and carts moved along the dusty road with the throng of refugees.• The thronggreeted Sutter with cheers and applause.• She remembered the tea-time throng before the war, when she was ten and working illegally in the BiscuitFactorynear Bridgeton.
throng of• a throng of reporters
throng2 verb
1[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]CROWD if people throng a place, they go there in large numbers 〔人群〕蜂拥而至,群集,挤满〔某地〕
Tourists thronged the bars and restaurants.
游客挤满了酒吧和餐馆。
2be thronged with somebody/somethingBUSY PLACEif a place is thronged with people or things, there are a lot of them there 〔某地〕被某人/某物挤满
The streets were thronged with Christmas shoppers.