huddling

英 [ˈhʌdlɪŋ]

美 [ˈhʌdlɪŋ]

v.  (通常因寒冷或害怕)挤在一起; (通常因寒冷或害怕)蜷缩，缩成一团
huddle的现在分词

现在分词：huddling　

柯林斯词典

• VERB （通常因寒冷或恐惧而）蜷缩，缩成一团
  If youhuddlesomewhere, you sit, stand, or lie there holding your arms and legs close to your body, usually because you are cold or frightened.
  1. She huddled inside the porch as she rang the bell...
     她按门铃时身子在门廊里缩成一团。
  2. Myrtle sat huddled on the side of the bed, weeping.
     默特尔缩着身子坐在床边哭泣。
• VERB （通常因寒冷或恐惧而）聚在一起，挤成一团
  If peoplehuddle togetherorhuddle roundsomething, they stand, sit, or lie close to each other, usually because they all feel cold or frightened.
  1. Tired and lost, we huddled together...
     我们疲惫不堪，又迷了路，于是大家都挤在一起。
  2. ...strangers huddling together for warmth...
     挤作一团取暖的陌生人
  3. Hundreds of people huddled around a single transistor radio listening to the announcement...
     数百人挤在一台晶体管收音机周围收听公告。
  4. The survivors spent the night huddled around bonfires.
     幸存者围聚着篝火过了夜。
• V-RECIP （私下）开会;(暗中)碰头
  If peoplehuddlein a group, they gather together to discuss something quietly or secretly.
  1. Off to one side, Sticht, Macomber, Jordan, and Kreps huddled to discuss something...
     施蒂希特、麦康伯、乔丹和克雷普斯走到一旁私下商量着什么。
  2. The president has been huddling with his most senior aides...
     总统一直在和最高层助理开私下碰头会。
  3. Mrs Clinton was huddled with advisers at her headquarters.
     克林顿夫人和顾问聚在总部秘谈。
• N-COUNT 拥挤的一群;杂乱的一堆
  Ahuddleis a small group of people or things that are standing very close together or lying on top of each other, usually in a disorganized way.
  1. We lay there: a huddle of bodies, gasping for air...
     我们横七竖八地挤作一团躺在那里，大口喘着气。
  2. Les kept seeing Eric and Tam in a huddle and he knew they were talking about him.
     莱斯总是看到埃里克和塔姆凑在一起，他知道他们是在谈论自己。
  3. ...the huddle of dark houses on the other side of the reservoir.
     水库另一边那一片杂乱无序的黑魆魆的房子

双语例句

• Beyond pity at seeing residents of a rich, proud country scavenging for food, hoarding bottled water and huddling for shelter on schoolroom floors, it was hard not to feel admiration as well.
  看到一个富裕而骄傲国家的居民四处寻找食物、储藏瓶装饮用水和避难于学校教室，在地板上缩成一团的情形，除了同情之外很难不感到钦佩。
• Outside the building people continue their vigil, huddling around bonfires.
  在房子外面，人们挤在篝火旁边，继续守夜。
• Imagine life without fire. A lot of huddling for warmth.
  假如生活没有火，大概很多人要冷得蜷成一团了吧。
• President Obama's top advisors were huddling this weekend behind closed doors to determine where his presidential agenda stands just beyond six months into office& and what comes next.
  本周末，奥巴马和他的高级顾问举行闭门会议总结前六个月的总统任期中工作的成效，并讨论接下来的日程安排。
• The wretched prisoners huddling in the stinking cages ( George Orwell)
  那些不幸的囚犯全挤在恶臭的牢笼里（乔治奥韦尔）
• The president has been huddling with his most senior aides
  总统一直在和最高层助理开私下碰头会。
• Sonja Parkinson and her young son escaped the inferno in Kinglake by fleeing their home and huddling under a damp blanket in a puddle in a creek.
  宋雅。帕金森和她的儿子则包裹着湿被单从家里逃出后，躲进河里的一个水洼才得以逃过这场烈焰冲天的火海。
• Though a stranger in the house he finally isolated himself in the midst of the company, huddling into a capacious Morris chair and reading steadily from a thin volume he had drawn from his pocket.
  尽管他在这屋里是个生人，最后却缩到一张巨大的莫里斯安乐椅上，让自己脱离人群一心一意读起一本他从自己口袋里抽出的小册子。
• Pockets of hapless enemy soldiers are caught up here and there in the hubbub and excitement, huddling fearfully amid a scene of indescribable horror.
  一群群不幸的敌军士兵在一片嘈杂和激动声中到处被抓，他们在这难以形容的恐怖场面中害怕得挤成一团。
• The members of the board are huddling in the meeting room discussing the company's future.
  董事会的董事们正聚在会议室里讨论公司的未来。