hud·dle /ˈhʌdḷ/
雜亂一團,混亂,擁擠(vt.)推擠,亂堆,草率了事,捲曲(vi.)擠作一團,卷縮
Hud·dle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huddled p. pr. & vb. n. Huddling ] 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.
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.”
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.
Hud·dle, n. A crowd; a number of persons or things crowded together in a confused manner; tumult; confusion. “A huddle of ideas.”
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huddle
n 1: a quick private conference [syn: powwow]
2: a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of
frightened women"
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]