huddled v. 挤成一团;胡乱堆积(huddle的过去式及过去分词形式)
- The cat huddled itself on the cushion.
猫将身子缩成一团睡在椅垫上。 - The children huddled together for warmth.
注:孩子们挤在一起取暖。 - The boys huddled together in the cave to keep warm.
男孩们在山洞里挤作一团,使身体暖和些。
huddled[ adj ]
crowded or massed together
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give me...your huddled massesthe huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind
Huddle \Hud"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Huddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Huddling}.] [Cf. OE. hoderen, hodren, to cover, keep, warm;
perh. akin to OE. huden, hiden, to hide, E. hide, and orig.
meaning, to get together for protection in a safe place. Cf.
{Hide} to conceal.]
To press together promiscuously, from confusion,
apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to
press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.
The cattle huddled on the lea. --Tennyson.
Huddling together on the public square . . . like a
herd of panic-struck deer. --Prescott.