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

• Also, a bunch of friends from law school showed up, so that was especially fun.
  同样，有法学院的一帮朋友们，所以这就有特别多的乐趣了。
• The captain told the players not to bunch ( up) together.
  队长叫队员们不要挤到一起。
• To bend the arm at the elbow, the muscle at the front of the upper arm has to shorten and bunch up.
  要从肘部弯曲手臂，就要收缩上臂正面的肌肉。
• 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。
• Beyond that distance, a customer had to sign a contract and pay a bunch of money up front.
  一旦超出了那个范围，消费者必须签订一个协议并担付比合理范围内居民多得多的一笔钱。
• 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？
• It's easy to assume nothing about what your users want, and rather, ask a bunch of questions up front to help determine what they want.
  对你的用户需要什么不做任何假设是容易的，更容易的是问一堆问题来帮助我们决定用户需要什么？
• People were bunched up at all the exits
  所有的出口都挤满了人。
• 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。
• Don't bunch the flowers up so tightly; you'll spoil them.
  不要把花束捆得那么紧，这样要把花弄坏的。