flock是什么意思？

flock

英[flɒk] 美[flɑk]

• 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；

复数：flocks;

第三人称单数：flocks;

过去式：flocked;

过去分词：flocked;

现在分词：flocking;

例句

• The shepherd tended a flock. 这个牧羊人照管羊群。
• The priest warned his flock against breaking God's law. 牧师警告他的教友不要违背上帝的训诫。
• A flock of customers were waiting for the store to open. 一群顾客在等候着商店开门。
• A flock of birds comes over, and the hunting starts. 一群鸟飞过来, 打猎开始了。
• Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
• Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. 鹰单飞，羊群集。
• It is a small flock that has not a black sheep. 人多必有败类。
• In the fall we sometimes hear honks as a flock of geese flies south. 到了秋天,有时我们能听到南飞雁群的叫声.
• On vacations, we flock to our ancestral hometowns. 到假期, 我们结队回乡探亲.
• A flock of sheep had got into the garden and trampled down his begonias. 一群羊闯进了花园,踩倒了他的秋海棠.

同义词解析

• 以下这些名词都有"群" 的意思
  flock：主要指鸟群、羊群；也指较小的动物群，也可指人群。
  herd：一般指大动物的群，尤指家畜的群，也可指人群。
  swarm：通常指蜜蜂、昆虫等的群。

英语六级真题

Each flock of butterflies lays eggs in the same states.
出自-2014年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT-COLL
  (鸟、羊)群
  A flock of birds, sheep, or goats is a group of them.
  例句
  They kept a small flock of sheep... 他们养了一小群羊。 They are gregarious birds and feed in flocks. 它们是群居鸟类，会集群觅食。
• N-COUNT-COLL
  成群结队;一大群
  You can refer to a group of people or things as a flock of them to emphasize that there are a lot of them.
  例句
  These cases all attracted flocks of famous writers. 这些案件都吸引了大批知名作家的关注。 ...his flock of advisers. 他的庞大顾问团
• VERB
  蜂拥;群集
  If people flock to a particular place or event, a very large number of them go there, usually because it is pleasant or interesting.
  例句
  The public have flocked to the show... 公众蜂拥而至观看演出。 The criticisms will not stop people flocking to see the film... 批评的声音不会阻止人们涌到影院观看这部电影。
• N-COUNT
  (到牧师所在教堂做礼拜或属于其辖区的)全体教徒，教众群体
  A clergyman's flock is the group of Christians who come to his church or live in the area that he has responsibility for.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  畜群, 鸟群
  A flock of birds comes over, and the hunting starts. 一群鸟飞过来, 打猎开始了。
  人群, 群众
  A flock of customers were waiting for the store to open. 一群顾客在等候着商店开门。
  同一教会团体的教徒
  The priest warned his flock against breaking God's law. 牧师警告他的教友不要违背上帝的训诫。
• vi.
  群集, 成群结队而行
  People flocked to hear the new prophet. 人们成群结队地去听这新的预言家演讲。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a church congregation guided by a pastor
  2. a group of birds
  3. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
  "a batch of letters""a deal of trouble""a lot of money""he made a mint on the stock market""it must have cost plenty"
  4. an orderly crowd;
  "a troop of children"
  5. a group of sheep or goats
• Verb
  1. move as a crowd or in a group;
  "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
  2. come together as in a cluster or flock;
  "The poets constellate in this town every summer"