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”。）
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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。
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