| 词汇 | huddling |
| 释义 | huddling present participle ofhuddle huddle verb[ I ] uk /ˈhʌd.əl/ us /ˈhʌd.əl/ to come close together in a group, for example because it is cold: （尤指因寒冷或恐惧而）挤成一团，聚集在一起；蜷缩，缩成一团 huddle roundEmployees huddled round television sets at the company headquarters. huddle togetherIt was so cold that we huddled together for warmth.天太冷了，我们只得挤在一起取暖。 to sit or stand in a bent position with your arms and legs close to your body, especially because of cold or fear: huddle (up)Sophie was so frightened by the noise of the fireworks that she huddled (up) in a corner of the room. mainly US to discuss something privately in a small group: huddle withAfter huddling with advisors, the president gave a speech. We spoke to Democratic lawmakers who are huddling on this issue on Capitol Hill tonight. Everyone huddled around the fire to keep warm. Resident Loree Wilkinson, 39, and her children, ages 6 and 9, huddled in a basement and prayed as the tornado passed overhead. Inside the bars, weary locals huddle. Men huddle in twos and threes, talking about this and that. Forming groups (of people) alienated be ranged against/with something/someone class reunion cluster crowd crowd around (someone/something) federalization flock gather incestuousness mob muster rally range regather regroup reunion round the assembled company throng You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Returning to a place Debate & discussion Examples of huddlinghuddling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Huddling for warmth, they chewed lumps of pemmican and raw bacon; without fuel there was no water to drink. Obviously the shock was so great that they are now huddling together somewhere trying to create another policy on something. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everybody thought "collective security" meant huddling together for common action, whereas it meant the security one hoped to obtain by common action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That creates the impression in the public mind—not so wrongly—of a huddling together at the centre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result was the tenements from which we have not even yet escaped, the huddling of our people in towns and all those horrors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are we to go on for ever huddling more closely around the fire without replenishing the fuel? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He spoke of the moors and of people huddling together for warmth to survive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The new criminal justice boards, which have been set up on a county-wide basis, need local one-stop shops, rather than huddling together away from their customers and the public. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have delayed rapidity of mobilisation by collecting troops from all quarters and huddling them together in particular battalions without regard from whence they came and how they were raised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another mechanism for social integration is prolonged physical contact or huddling. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At night, troops will split into sleeping parties huddling closely together to keep warm. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This strategy, similar to huddling in small mammals, makes use of body heat from all the organisms and lowers heat loss. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Huddling together may have also helped the houses survive to the present day: they were poorly built and had little structural integrity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Huddling in static strongpoints simply concedes the field to the insurgents. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is named after the act of huddling in football. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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