packed 擠滿的,擁擠的
- to be packed with people 擠滿人
- The train was so packed that I couldn't find a seat. 火車裡擠滿了人,我一個座位也找不到。
- packed like sardines 擠得像沙丁魚 The ten of us were packed like sardines in the lift. 我們十個人在電梯裡擁成一團。We were packed like sardines all the way home on the bus.我們回家時公車一路上都擁擠不堪。
- packed out 擠得水洩不通的 The bar was packed out last night. 昨晚酒吧裡擠滿了人。
jam-packed
jam-packed 擠得滿滿的,塞得緊緊的 full of people or things that are pushed closely together: filled completely- The streets were jam-packed with tourists. 街道被遊客擠得水泄不通。
- a stadium jam-packed with spectators 擠滿觀眾的體育館
- Do you like to go to the concert? No, because I don't like being jam-packed.你喜不喜歡參加演唱會?不喜歡,我不喜歡人擠人。
- The theater was jam-packed (with people) for the performance.
human gridlock
gridlock是指交通壅塞無法動彈的情況,前面加個human後就可以用來地表示人滿為患的情形
- The ‘pedestrian fast lanes’ will allow users to speed through crowds and avoid human gridlock inside the Liverpool One shopping centre. 行人快速道讓用路人可以避開利物普第一購物中心裡的人潮而快速通行。
- The overwhelming "human gridlock" is causing police to rethink crowd control before today's game. 人潮大爆滿的情況使得警方開始重新評估今天比賽前的人潮控管。
crammed
crammed (with somebody/something): full of things or people(地方)擠滿的,塞滿的,充滿的。crammed和packed是同義字。
bursting at the seams (場所)過於擁擠,快要擠爆了
seethe /ˈsiːð/
seethe (with something): to be full of a lot of people or animals, especially when they are all moving aroundseethe本義是攪動到冒泡的意思,引申有生悶氣的意思,另外也可以用來形容人潮湧動、萬頭鑽動的樣子。
shoulder to shoulder 駢肩雜遝、摩肩接踵
- Everyone was squeezed shoulder to shoulder on the crowded bus. 在擁擠的公車上,每個人都被擠得肩並肩地。
to the gills
- to the gills: completely full 吃飽的、滿的
- The restaurant was packed to the gills. 這家飯店已經滿座。
- The car was packed to the gills for our vacation.
- During the evening rush, my neighborhood grocery stores are packed to the gills, and the magic of shopping is lost.
teeming 擠滿人的;人山人海
teem這個動詞原意是「下傾盆大雨」,與pour同一個意思。片語teem with sth意思是「充滿;有很多」,例如:The river teems with fish. (這條河流充滿了魚。)
- The mall was teeming with shoppers that Saturday. 那個週六,購物中心擠滿了顧客。
- We inched through teeming streets . 我們在熙熙攘攘的街道上緩慢行走。
- For many who live in the crowded housing of teeming cities, a quiet place to read is almost as important as the reading matter itself. 對於許多居住於人口稠密的都市住宅的人們而言,一個安靜閱讀空間幾乎就與閱讀本身同樣重要。
droves 大批人潮;成群結隊
如果是要表示「移動中的人群」,可以使用in droves這個片語。drove原本是指「遷徙中的牛群或羊群」,複數droves常用來指「移動中的人群」。- The people lined up in droves to buy tickets to the play. 人們排成長長人龍為了買票看這齣戲。
- Fans left in droves in the fourth quarter. 大批球迷在比賽最後第四節離開球場。
- People came in droves to hear her sing. 大批民眾前來聽她演唱。
surge 湧現人潮;蜂擁而至
surge是「大浪,波濤」的意思,也可以指「湧現的人潮」,當動詞可用來指「人潮快速湧現」。- The gates opened and the crowd surged forward. 大門打開了,人潮也蜂擁向前。
- As has been the case at every show, the crowd surges toward the stage. 就像每場演出的情況一樣,人群湧向舞台。
- At times the crowd surged, making it difficult to maintain order. 有時人潮飆升,難以維持秩序。
throng
- Thousands of people thronged to see the exhibition while it was in the capital. 展覽在首都舉辦時,成千上萬的人蜂擁而至。
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