crowd
noun/kraʊd/
Слово англійською: crowd
Переклад crowd українською: натовп
Детальний опис
- [countable + singular or plural verb] a large number of people gathered together in a public place, for example in the streets or at a sports game
- He pushed his way through the crowd.
- A small crowd had gathered outside the church.
- Police had to break up the crowd.
- The crowd was/were shouting and cheering.
- crowd of somebody/something Crowds of people poured into the street.
- He left the hotel surrounded by crowds of journalists.
- Several speakers addressed the crowd at the rally.
- a large/huge crowd
- The match attracted a capacity crowd of 80 000 (= the maximum number of people who could attend).
- before a crowd The President spoke before a crowd of more than 50 000 in the city's football stadium.
- among a crowd The mayor of Paris was among the crowd that had gathered for the street celebration.
- to attract/draw a crowd
- I want to get there early to avoid the crowds.
- The crowd cheered the winning hit.
- Nearly 300 marshals will be involved in crowd control.
- crowd trouble
- A whole crowd of us (= a lot of us) are going to the ball.
- [countable + singular or plural verb] (informal, often disapproving) a particular group of people
- Bob introduced her to some of the usual crowd (= people who often meet each other).
- the bright young theatrical crowd
- the crowd[singular] (sometimes disapproving) ordinary people, not special or unusual in any way
- We all like to think we stand out from the crowd (= are different from and better than other people).
- He prefers to be one of the crowd.
- She's quite happy to follow the crowd.
- To her I'm just another face in the crowd.
Word OriginOld 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.