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資料來源 : 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.

資料來源 : 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}]
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