huddles

英 [ˈhʌdlz]

美 [ˈhʌdlz]

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
n.  (尤指杂乱地)挤在一起的人(或物品、建筑); 队员靠拢(磋商战术)
huddle的第三人称单数和复数

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

• The child huddles down in the bed, listening to the sound of the storm.
  孩子听到雷雨声响，就在床上缩成了一团。
• Germany huddles in the shadow of its experience during the 1930s and has been paralysed by an obsession with moral hazard.
  德国蜷缩在上世纪30年代自身经历的阴影之中，道德风险的困扰使它丧失了正常的活动能力。
• The little girl huddles herself up.
  小女孩把身子缩成一团。
• No amount of huddles or cuddles will ever crack the rubber band problem.
  多少次的开会或“搂抱”都不会解决橡皮筋问题。
• The sparrow huddles up, motionless, its eyes as black as ever, still expectant.
  小鸟不动，蜷着身，两眼还那么黑，等着！
• People stood around in small huddles, sheltering from the rain.
  人们叁五成群地挤在一起避雨。
• But it doesn't know that, so it huddles and trembles in the soot under the roof.
  但是它并不知道那些，于是它在房顶下挤做一团并且摇摇晃晃。
• The financial institutions and the authorities need collective huddles in smoke-free rooms, with the goal of agreeing on actions necessary to attain a co-ordinated expansion of wholesale and retail lending.
  金融机构和政府需要在无烟房间共同进行密谈，目标在于采取必要的行动，以实现批发和零售贷款的协调扩张。
• It briefed all staff regularly about the problem in our cuddles ( or did he mean huddles?)
  信中写道，所有员工定期抱在一起讨论该问题（或者他是想说聚在一起？）
• It can be tempting to forgo communication tools, like huddles, when you're in the end game and near project finish.
  它可以放弃诱人的通信工具，如缩，当你在游戏的最后项目完成和正在附近。