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scrum

noun
🔊/skrʌm/
🔊/skrʌm/
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  1. (also formal scrummage)
     a part of a rugby game when players from both sides link themselves together in a group, with their heads down, and push against the other side. The ball is then thrown between them and each side tries to get it.（橄榄球的）并列争球Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
  2. the group of players who link themselves together in a scrum（橄榄球）并列争球的全体前锋
  3. (especially British English) a crowd of people who are pushing each other相互拥挤的人群
    • There was a real scrum when the bus arrived.公共汽车到站时，人们一窝蜂都往上挤。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originlate 19th cent.: abbreviation of scrummage.