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；

变形

复数：flocks过去式：flocked过去分词：flocked现在分词：flocking第三人称单数：flocks

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C](羊、山羊、鸟的)群 a group of sheep, goats or birds
2. [C]人群,群众 a crowd; large number of people
3. [C]同一教会团体的教徒 the group of people who regularly attend a church

v.(动词)

1. vi. 群集,成群结队而行 gather or move in a large crowds

英英释义

flock[ flɔk ]

• n.
  • a church congregation guided by a pastor
  • a group of birds
  • (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

    同义词：batchdealgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmucklepeckpileplentypotquite a littleraftsightslewspatestacktidy sumwadwhole lotwhole slew

  • an orderly crowd

    同义词：troop

  • a group of sheep or goats

    同义词：fold

• v.
  • move as a crowd or in a group

    "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"

  • come together as in a cluster or flock

    同义词：clusterconstellateclump

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)介词+～

• in flocks成群地

～+介词

• a flock of pigeons一大群鸽子

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

• flock together聚集在一起

～+介词

• flock after成群结队地跟随
• flock in〔into〕成群地涌入
• flock round聚在…周围
• flock to成群地去…

词组短语

a flock of一群（鸟，羊等）

flocks and herds牛羊

a flock of sheep一群羊

同近义词辨析

herd, swarm, flock

这组词都有“群”的意思，其区别是：

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。

flock主要指鸟群、羊群；也指较小的动物群，也可指人群。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. There are many flocks of tourists in the palace.
   宫殿里有好几群游客。
2. A flock of sheep poured through the gate.
   一群羊从羊圈口涌了出来。
3. People came in flocks to see the royal procession.
   人们蜂拥而至瞻望皇室人员外出时的仪仗队。
4. A few sheep have been lost from the flock.
   羊群里少了几只羊。

用作动词(v.)

1. Huge numbers of birds have flocked together by the lake.
   成群的鸟聚集在湖畔。
2. People are flocking to the cinema to see the new film.
   人们正蜂拥到电影院去看这部新电影。
3. In the summer, tourists flock to the museums and art galleries.
   夏季游人成群结队到博物馆和艺术馆参观。

权威例句

Flock feeding and time budgets in the house sparrow ( Passer domesticus L.)
Columbines: a geographically widespread species flock.
Dual modes of RNA-silencing suppression by Flock House virus protein B2.
cis-acting requirements for the replication of flock house virus RNA 2.
Nonhomologous RNA recombination during negative-strand synthesis of flock house virus RNA.
The destruction of an endemic species flock: quantitative data on the decline of the haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria
FORAGING AREA FIDELITY OF INDIVIDUAL SEABIRDS IN RELATION TO TIDAL CYCLES AND FLOCK FEEDING
Phylogeny of the Lake Tanganyika Cichlid Species Flock and Its Relationship to the Central and East African Haplochromine Cichlid Fi...
Nuclear markers reveal unexpected genetic variation and a Congolese-Nilotic origin of the Lake Victoria cichlid species flock.
Early accumulation of PrP(Sc) in gut-associated lymphoid and nervous tissues of susceptible sheep from a Romanov flock with natural ...