bunch up

英 [bʌntʃ ʌp]

美 [bʌntʃ ʌp]

（使）集中; （使）挤在一起

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）集中；（使）挤在一起
  If people or thingsbunch uporbunch together, or if youbunchthemuporbunchthemtogether, they move close to each other so that they form a small tight group.
  1. They were bunching up, almost treading upon each other's heels...
     他们几乎脚尖踩着脚跟地挤作一团。
  2. People were bunched up at all the exits...
     所有的出口都挤满了人。
  3. If they need to bunch aircraft more closely together to bring in one that is short of fuel, they will do so.
     如果需要将飞机挨得更紧一些好使其中那架燃油不足的飞机不致掉队，他们会这么做的。

英英释义

verb

• gather or cause to gather into a cluster
  1. She bunched her fingers into a fist
  Synonym:bunchbundleclusterclump
• form into a bunch
  1. The frightened children bunched together in the corner of the classroom
  Synonym:bunch togetherbunch

双语例句

• Once, when I was out to lunch at a restaurant with a bunch of colleagues, I got up to use the restroom, and as I returned to the table, I had this feeling that people were eying me.
  一次，当我和一群同事去餐厅吃饭。我站起来去用洗手间，当我回到座位上时，我有种大家都在盯着我看的感觉。
• The captain told the players not to bunch ( up) together.
  队长叫队员们不要挤到一起。
• And said you caught a bunch of brownies and you ate them up.
  说你钓到很多棕鱼，都吃个精光。
• Organizing a "flash mob" basically involves e-mailing a bunch of people with instructions to show up at a certain place for a few moments, then disappear.
  组织一次“快闪”活动，基本上只需要用电子邮件通知一群人在某个地点出现一会儿，然后消失。
• Did I really need to get on a bunch of trains and pick up intestinal parasites and hang around back-packers right now?
  我真的需要在此时此刻搭一列火车，染上寄生虫，和背包客们厮混吗？
• A big bunch of flowers done up in white tissue.
  用白绵纸裹好的一大束鲜花。
• The bunch of bandits were cut up in no time.
  那股匪徒很快就被歼灭了。
• Connor: A bunch of gay people put you up to this?
  难道是一群同志把你逼到这份儿上了？
• As n increases, the vertical lines not only become more numerous but also tend to bunch up together to form a bell shape.
  当n增加时，不仅垂线愈来愈近，而且趋向于钟形曲形。
• Then a whole bunch of one-eyed men came rushing up.
  后来一群独眼龙冲过来了。