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- a large number of people gathered together, typically in a disorganized or unruly way（常指乱哄哄的或难以控制的）人群, 群：
a huge crowd gathered in the street outside.
一大群人聚集在外面的街道上。
1.1
- an audience, especially one at a sporting event（尤指体育运动赛事的）观众; 听众：
they played before a 25,000 crowd
他们在25,000位观众面前进行了比赛
as modifier a match marred by crowd trouble一场遭观众骚乱糟蹋的比赛。
1.2
- informal, often derogatory a group of people who are linked by a common interest or activity〈非正式, 常贬〉（由共同利益或活动联系起来的）一伙人, 一帮人：
I've broken away from that whole junkie crowd.
我已同那帮瘾君子决裂了。
1.3
the crowd
the mass or multitude of people, especially those considered to be drearily ordinary or anonymous群众, 大众, 老百姓：make yourself stand out from the crowd.
使你自己从众人中脱颖而出。
1.4
- a large number of things regarded collectively总称一堆; 众多：
the crowd of tall buildings
高层建筑群。
with obj.(常作be crowded)
1- (of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely, leaving little or no room for movement（一批人）（使）挤满：
the dance floor was crowded with revellers
舞池里挤满了狂欢者
as adj. crowded the crowded streets of Southwark萨瑟克的拥挤街道。
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- no obj.
crowd into
(of a number of people) move into (a space, especially one that seems too small)（一批人）成群地挤入（尤指过于小的空间）： they crowded into the cockpit.
他们挤进了座舱。
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- no obj.
crowd round
(of a group of people) form a tightly packed mass around (someone or something)（一群人）聚集在（某人或某物）的周围： photographers crowded round him.
摄影师团团围住了他。
1.3
- move too close to (someone), either aggressively or in a way that causes discomfort or harm逼近（某人）：
don't crowd her, she needs air.
不要靠她太近, 她需要空气。
1.4
crowd someone/thing out
exclude someone or something by taking their place把某人（或某物）挤在外面（或排挤在外）：rampant plants will crowd out the less vigorous.
长势旺盛的植物会将生命力较弱的植物淘汰掉。
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- no obj.
crowd in on
figurative overwhelm and preoccupy (someone)〈喻〉涌上（某人）的心头： as demands crowd in on you it becomes difficult to keep things in perspective.
当各种各样的要求涌上你的心头时, 想保持事物的全面客观将变得非常困难。
派生词
crowdedness
noun词源
Old English crūdan 'press, hasten', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruien 'push in a wheelbarrow'. In Middle English the senses 'move by pushing' and 'push one's way' arose, leading to the sense 'congregate', and hence （mid 16th cent.） to the noun.