• n. 人群；眾多
• vt. 群集；擠滿
• vi. 蜂擁而至；群集
• adj. 擁擠的

來自中英語 thrang,人群，來自 Proto-Germanic*thrangwa,人群，來自 PIE*trenk,擠，壓，催促， 可能來自 PIE*tere,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，扭曲，詞源同 turn,throw,torque.比喻用法，即擰在一起。

throng

throng: [13] The etymological notion underlying throng is of ‘pressing together’. It was borrowed from Old Norse throng ‘crowd’, which went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *thringg- ‘press’ (source also of German drang ‘crowd, pressure’ and dringen ‘press’). Amongst its non-Germanic relatives is Old Persian thraxta- ‘closely-packed’.

throng (n.)

c. 1300, probably shortened from Old English getrang "crowd, tumult" (related to verb tringan "to push, crowd, press"), from Proto-Germanic *thrangan (cognates: Old Norse tr?ng, Dutch drang, German Drang "crowd, throng").

throng (v.)

"go in a crowd," 1530s, from throng (n.). Earlier it meant "to press, crush" (c. 1400). Related: Thronged; thronging.

1. They throng the beaches between late June and early August.

6月底到8月初，他們?nèi)壕墼诤┥稀?/dd>

來自柯林斯例句

2. An official pushed through the throng.

一名官員費力地擠過人群。

來自柯林斯例句

3. We pushed our way through the throng.

我們擠過人群。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. A great throng packed out the theater and overflowed into the corridors.

一大群人坐滿劇院并且還有人涌到了走廊上.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The jubilant throng is like the waves of the sea.

歡騰的人群宛如大海的波濤.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》