throng
要点群衆、群がる
意味
- 群衆,(人・物などの)多数の集まり,群れ《+of+名》
- 〈人々が〉群がる,押しよせる
- 〈場所〉に群がる,押し掛ける,をいっぱいにする
例文
People thronged the theater to see the star.
人々はそのスターを見ようと劇場に群がった。
The throng protested against abortion.
群集は妊娠中絶に抗議した。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English throng, thrang, from Old English þrang, ġeþrang (“crowd, press, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þrangwą, *þrangwō (“throng”), from *þrangwaz (“pressing, narrow”), from *þrinhwaną (“to press, to push; to force”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat; pound; hew; press”). Cognate with Dutch drang, German Drang. Compare also German Gedränge (“throng”) and Persian ترنجیدن (Trenjidan, “to beat, to push”). Compare typologically crowd (see there for more).