throng /ˈθrɔŋ/
群,人群,群集,眾多(a.)擁擠的,忙的(vi.)群集,蜂擁(vt.)擠入,擠滿
Thring v. t. & i. [imp. Throng ] To press, crowd, or throng. [Obs.]
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Throng, a. Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
To the intent the sick . . . should not lie too throng. --Robynson (More's Utopia).
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Throng n.
1. A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.
2. A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.
Syn: -- Throng, Multitude, Crowd.
Usage: Any great number of persons form a multitude; a throng is a large number of persons who are gathered or are moving together in a collective body; a crowd is composed of a large or small number of persons who press together so as to bring their bodies into immediate or inconvenient contact. A dispersed multitude; the throngs in the streets of a city; the crowd at a fair or a street fight. But these distinctions are not carefully observed.
So, with this bold opposer rushes on
This many-headed monster, multitude. --Daniel.
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown,
The lowest of your throng. --Milton.
I come from empty noise, and tasteless pomp,
From crowds that hide a monarch from himself. --Johnson.
Throng, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thronged p. pr. & vb. n. Thronging.] To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.
I have seen the dumb men throng to see him. --Shak.
Throng, v. t.
1. To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
Much people followed him, and thronged him. --Mark v. 24.
2. To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.
throng
n : a large gathering of people [syn: multitude, concourse]
v : press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the
auditorium" [syn: mob, pack, pile, jam]