- a large, densely packed crowd of people or animals聚集的人群（或动物）; 一大群; 众多：
he pushed his way through the throng
他艰难地穿过一大群人
a throng of birds.
一大群鸟。
with obj.
1- (of a crowd) fill or be present in (a place or area)（人群）在…聚集：
a crowd thronged the station
人群聚集在车站
the pavements are thronged with people.
人行道上挤满了人。
1.1
- no obj., with adverbial of direction flock or be present in great numbers蜂拥; 群集：
tourists thronged to the picturesque village.
游客们蜂拥到这风景秀丽的村庄。
词源
Old English （ge）thrang 'crowd， tumult'， of Germanic origin. The early sense of the verb (Middle English) was 'press violently， force one's way'.