transcription, транскрипция: [ sɑ:(r)di:n ]
( sardines)
1.
Sardines are a kind of small sea fish, often eaten as food.
They opened a tin of sardines.
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2.
If you say that a crowd of people are packed like sardines , you are emphasizing that they are sitting or standing so close together that they cannot move easily.
The refugees were packed like sardines.
PHRASE : usu v-link PHR [ emphasis ]