/kraʊd ||; kraυd/verb1 [I] crowd around/round (sb) (used about a lot of people) to stand in a large group around sb/sth (指很多人)聚集,群集: Fans crowded round the singer hoping to get his autograph. 歌迷围着那歌星,希望取得他的亲笔签名。
2 [T] (used about a lot of people) to fill an area (指很多人)挤满,塞满(某地方): Groups of tourists crowded the main streets. 大街上都挤满了一群群的游客。 (figurative 比喻) Memories crowded her mind. 她脑子充满了对往事的回忆。
crowd into sth; crowd in to go into a small place and make it very full 挤进狭小的地方:
Somehow we all crowded into their small living room. 我们所有人都设法挤进了他们那狭小的客厅。 crowd sb/sth into sth; crowd sb/sth in to put a lot of people into a small place 将很多人或物挤进狭小的地方:
Ten prisoners were crowded into one small cell. 十个囚犯被关进一个小囚室内。 crowd sth out; crowd sb out (of sth) to completely fill a place so that nobody else can enter 挤满(没人再进得去):
Students crowd out the cafe at lunchtimes. 每到午饭时分,那家小餐馆挤满了学生。Smaller companies are being crowded out of the market. 小一点的公司正被挤出市场。