flock

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  • n.
    兽群,鸟群
    群众
    棉束
    大堆,大量
  • vi.
    群集,成群结队而行
  • vt.
    用棉束填

单词词源

flock 羊群,群集 flock 绒毛

词源不详。可能来自folk, 人们,民众。原指一群人或队伍,后来才用来指兽群,羊群。参照基督教牧师,其原义即为牧羊人。 来自拉丁语floccus, 羊毛,发绺,词源同floss, fleece.

双语例句

1. The flock produced many lambs .
这群羊产了很多羊羔。
2. High-flyers from around the world still flock to america 's universities and clamour to work for google and microsoft .
全世界抱负极高的人依然会蜂拥挤向美国的大学,而且要努力进入谷歌和微软工作。
3. It doesn 't matter how large a flock is , or if two birds are on opposite sides .
这种现象,并不在乎鸟群有多少大小,如果只有两只鸟,双方正好相互成对。
4. Take a look at how many young japanese flock to the apple stores in tokyo and how few linger in the sony stores .
看看吧,有多少日本年轻人蜂拥至东京的苹果专卖店,而索尼商店则鲜有人问津。
5. Some shepherds came along and drove them away , but moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock .
有牧羊的人来把她们赶走了,摩西却起来帮助她们,又饮了她们的群羊。

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