crowd: [OE] The notion underlying crowd is of ‘pushing’ or ‘pressing’ (a semantic element shared by throng and of course by the now obsolete use of press for ‘crowd’, and echoed in such current expressions as ‘there’s quite a crush in here’). The Old English verb crūdan meant simply ‘press’, and of its relatives Middle Dutch crūden meant ‘press, push’ and Middle High German kroten meant ‘oppress’. Old English also had a noun croda ‘crowd’, but this does not seem to be the direct ancestor of the modern English noun, which does not appear until as late as the 16th century, as a derivative of the verb.
crowd (v.)
Old English crudan "to press, crush." Cognate with Middle Dutch cruden "to press, push," Middle High German kroten "to press, oppress," Norwegian kryda "to crowd." Related: Crowded; crowding.
crowd (n.)
1560s, from crowd (v.). The earlier word was press (n.).
例文
1. The crowd in Robinson 's Coffee-House was thinning,but only by degrees.
ロビンソンコーヒーハウスの人は少なくなっているが、少なくなっているだけだ。
2.Three mortar shells had landed close to a crowd of people.
3発の迫撃砲弾が群衆のそばに落ちた。
3.He charged into the crowd ."Break it up，"he shouted.
彼は人ごみに飛び込み、「散れ。」
4と叫んだ。The crowd moved indoors for what were deemed the most desirable items.
人々は最も所有価値のあるものと見なされるために部屋に押し寄せた。
5.The small British crowd roared themselves hoarse,waving their Union Jacks.