bunched(形容词/动词 bunch 的过去式与过去分词):指(人或物)挤在一起、聚成一团/一束;也常指(布料、纸张、肌肉等)起褶、皱缩、绷紧成一团。
(也可用于短语 bunched up:更强调“挤作一团/皱成一团”。)
/bʌntʃt/
The cables were bunched behind the desk.
电缆在桌子后面挤成一团。
As the crowd bunched at the narrow doorway, she bunched her coat in her hands and pushed through carefully.
人群在狭窄的门口挤作一团时,她把外套攥在手里弄皱成一团,小心地挤了过去。
来自 bunch(“一束;一团”),可追溯到中世纪英语 bunche,原意与“隆起、团块”相关;后发展为“把……聚成一团/一束”,bunched 则表示“已聚拢/已挤成一团”的状态。