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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Huddle \Hud"dle\, v. t.
1. To crowd (things) together to mingle confusedly; to
assemble without order or system.
Our adversary, huddling several suppositions
together, . . . makes a medley and confusion.
--Locke.
2. To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do
imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition or
adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle
together. ``Huddle up a peace.'' --J. H. Newman.
Let him forescat his work with timely care, Which
else is huddled when the skies are fair. --Dryden.
Now, in all haste, they huddle on Their hoods, their
cloaks, and get them gone. --Swift.
Huddle \Hud"dle\, n.
A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a
confused manner; tumult; confusion. ``A huddle of ideas.''
--Addison.
Huddle \Hud"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Huddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Huddling}.] [Cf. OE. hoderen, hodren, to cover, keep, warm;
perh. akin to OE. huden, hiden, to hide, E. hide, and orig.
meaning, to get together for protection in a safe place. Cf.
{Hide} to conceal.]
To press together promiscuously, from confusion,
apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to
press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.
The cattle huddled on the lea. --Tennyson.
Huddling together on the public square . . . like a
herd of panic-struck deer. --Prescott.
资料来源 : WordNet®
huddle
n 1: a quick private conference [syn: {powwow}]
2: a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of
frightened women"
huddle
v 1: crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!"
[syn: {huddle together}]
2: crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain" [syn:
{cower}]