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a crowd of + plural noun
A crowd of people gathered in the square.
一群人聚集在广场上。
一群
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一群
a large group of people or things
A crowd of people gathered in the square.
一群人聚集在广场上。
A crowd of people gathered outside the theater, waiting for the doors to open.
一群人聚集在剧院外，等待开门。
A crowd of students listened attentively to the guest speaker in the auditorium.
一群学生在礼堂里聚精会神地听特邀演讲者发言。
A crowd of shoppers filled the mall on the weekend, searching for bargains.
周末一群购物者挤满了商场，寻找便宜货。
A crowd of people gathered in the square.
一群人聚集在广场上。
谓语动词用单数时强调整体，用复数时强调个体。例如：A crowd of fans were cheering loudly.
A crowd of protesters was blocking the street.
一群抗议者堵塞了街道。
She spotted her friend in a crowd of strangers.
她在人群中认出了朋友。
Not this
There are a crowd of fans waiting.
Use this
There is a crowd of fans waiting.
当主语是'a crowd of + 复数名词'时，谓语动词应与中心词'crowd'保持一致，用单数形式。
Not this
I saw crowd of students.
Use this
I saw a crowd of students.
短语'a crowd of'中的冠词'a'是必不可少的，不能省略。
Not this
I saw a crowd of cars in the parking lot.
Use this
I saw a group of cars in the parking lot.
'crowd'通常指人群或动物群，不用于无生命物体；描述物体群时应用'group'、'pile'等。
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后接复数名词，如a crowd of people。
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