flash crowd

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of flashcrowd. alt-of,alternative
    — As mentioned in the Introduction, it is crucial to enhance content delivery during flash crowd events.
  2. A large audience for a sporting event that is unexpected because of large numbers of game-day ticket sales rather than advance tickets.
    — Sure, you'll get trapped once in a while with a flash crowd. Like the first time Satchel Paige pitched in Cleveland. We thought we'd get 55,000, and we ended up with 78,000.
  3. A crowd that forms suddenly.
    — The mall riot was the first successful riot in twenty years. “The police can get to a riot before it's a riot,” said McCord. “We call them flash crowds, and we watch for them.”
  4. Alternative form of flash mob. alt-of,alternative
    — Later flash crowds involved getting dozens of people to perch on a stone ledge in Central Park all making bird noises, a “Zombie walk” in San Francisco, and a silent dance party at London's Victoria Station.
  5. The fashionable public. obsolete
    — To see the Hurst with tents encamp'd on, Look around Lawrence's at Hampton, Join the flash crowd (the horse being led Into the yard, and clean'd and fed); Talk to Dav. Hudson and Cy. Davis.

词形变化

flash crowds plural
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