huddled
adjective
uk/ˈhʌd.əld/us/ˈhʌd.əld/standingorsittingclosetogether:
挤成一团的Westoodhuddledtogetherforwarmth.我们站在那里挤作一团取暖。
Everyone was huddledaroundtheradiolisteningto thenews.
sitting,lying, orstandingin abentpositionwithyourarmsandlegsclosetoyourbody,especiallybecause ofcoldorfear:
Hesatin histent, huddled under ablanket.
mainlyUS
discussingsomethingprivatelyin asmallgroup:
He hasspentquiteabitoftimehuddledwithseniorofficialstalkingabout thesituation.
- Shereadthefamouspoemabout the huddledmasses.
- Theshockof the minesweeper'sexplosionwasfeltby theinfantrymenhuddled inside.
- They hadspentthreedayshuddled on arockyoutcropwithoutfreshwater,surroundedbysharks.
- Ilija, 53, is huddled over aheaterasrainpoundsthesteelroofoverhead.
- Hughesstoodhuddled in thecornerwithcommunicationsdirectorBartlettdiscussingthesetback.
Not holding the body upright
- bent double
- bowed
- cower
- crouch
- double
- double(someone)up/over
- hunch
- hunched
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around (something)
- scrunch
- slouch
- slump
- slumped
- sprawl
- stoop
- stooped
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