n.
1. crowd pressing forward擁擠向前的人群。
△H.V.4.5.20:“To smother up the English in our throngs，”我們擠成 一團(tuán)，也能把英國人悶死。
2. crowd人群。
△Lr.3.2.88 (90): “Nor cutpursescome not to throngs；” 割錢包的扒手不往人群里鉆。
△Wiv.2.2.19 (17): “Go — a short knife and athrong!”i.e. Go and cut purses in a crowd. 去吧，拿一把小刀到人堆里割包去吧！
3. great multitude大群，大批。
△2H.IV.2.1.126 (111):“the throng of words that come with such more thanimpudent sauciness from you，”你那一大串厚顏無恥的言詞。
throng
vi. crowd and press forward成群擁擠。
△R.III.5. 3. 199 (198): “All several sins,all used in each degree,/Throng to the bar,crying all，‘Guilty! Guilty!’”所有這一切不同的罪惡，我全都在不同程度上犯過它們?nèi)挤鋼淼椒ㄍド洗蠼校骸坝凶铮?有罪！”
△ Ado. 1. 1.312 (302):“in their rooms / Come thronging soft anddelicate desires，”一縷縷的柔情蜜意就蜂擁而人。