Again at eight o'clock, when the dark lanes of the Forties were five deep with throbbing taxi cabs, bound for the theatre district, I felt a sinking in my heart.

到了晚上八点，第四那边灯光昏黄，开向戏院区的出租车突突地响着，把五车道的马路挤得水泄通，这时我的心会再次感到怅惘。

Word that tensions might ease a bit in the capital came after protesters and their supporters spent the weekend jamming the streets with dance parties, bonfires and even an inflatable hot tub.

有消息称，首都的紧张局势可能会有所缓解。此前抗议者及其支持者周末用舞会、篝火，甚至充气热水缸把道挤得水泄通。

We would stop for a drink in the pub but it's absolutely packed.

我们本想在酒馆里喝一杯，但那里挤得水泄通。

My heart sank as I looked over at the heaving queues behind me.

我望向身后挤得水泄通的长队， 心沉了下去。

And the court... When I arrived, it was absolutely packed.

当我到达法庭时，那里已经挤得水泄通。

So I found all these photographs in these old newspaper articles showing people lined up in the hallways waiting for a seat in the courtroom because it was standing room only.

于是，我在这些旧报纸文章中发现了片，显示人们排成长队在走廊里等待，希望能获得法庭内的座位，因为法庭内已经挤得水泄通，连站的地方都没有了。

There was like the pathway to test cricket in South Africa, it was so stacked with so many quality players that you couldn't really see it.

在南非，通往板球测试赛的途径被众多优秀选手挤得水泄通，乎看到希望。

Another result of not having enough psychiatric beds is that the emergency room is being overcrowded with these people.

精神病床位足的另一个后果是，急诊室被这类人群挤得水泄通。

The streets are often packed, and the tension in them can, in an instant, turn into a riot.

道常常挤得水泄通，紧张气氛随时可能一触即发，演变为骚乱。

Soldiers  in the trenches were packed so tightly that the virus had a perfect place to mutate.

战壕里的士兵挤得水泄通，病毒有了完美的变异场所。