flock

英 [flɒk] 美 [flɑːk]

• n. 一群；兽群；大堆；群众；羊群
• v. 聚集；成群而行

双解释义

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

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 群
2. 毛屑，棉屑
3. 羊群
4. 棉絮，棉丛
5. 信徒，教徒
6. 柔细材料
7. 会众
8. 一家的子女
9. 一校的学生
10. <口>人群，群众
11. 大量，众多
12. 丛毛
13. 一簇羊毛（毛发）

v. 动词

1. 用毛屑填塞
2. 成群地去，蜂拥，涌向， 成群结队而行
3. 群集，聚集，云集
4. 在...处植绒
5. 纷纷来，不断地（到）
6. 用棉束填满

英英释义

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"
   "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"
   "it must have cost plenty"
   "a slew of journalists"
   "a wad of money"
   

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"
   

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。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. A flock of birds comes over, and the hunting starts.
   一群鸟飞过来,打猎开始了。
2. A flock of customers were waiting for the store to open.
   一群顾客在等候着商店开门。
3. 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。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～+to- v

1. People flocked to hear the new prophet.
   人们成群结队地去听这新的预言家演讲。

经典引文

• They parceyued a flocke of men of armes commynge togyder.

  出自： Ld Berners

• They look white, like flocks of wooll.

  出自： W. Fulke

• I will never care three flocks for his ambition.

  出自： J. Lyly

• So had he flocked in Englishmen to ouerrun his countrie.

  出自： J. Hooker

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

flock after( v.+prep. )

成群结队地跟随…; 争取得到…follow sb in large numbers, as with admiration; try to gain sth
flock after sb/sth
Crowds flocked after the popular singer as he left the theater.

这位红歌星走出剧场时,成群的人尾随着他。
Firms are flocking after the government's offer of money to help them move to areas needing industry.

许多公司都想得到政府提供的旨在帮助他们迁向需要工业的地区的资助。

flock in〔into〕( v.+prep. )

大批地涌进arrive in large numbers (in a place)
flock in〔into〕 sth
The crowd flocked into the church.

人群涌入教堂。

flock round( v.+prep. )

聚集在…周围gather round (sb/sth) in large numbers
flock round sb/sth
The children flocked round their teacher.

孩子们聚集在老师的周围。

flock to( v.+prep. )

成群结队地走向…go in large numbers to (sth)
flock to sth
Large crowds flocked to the performance.

人们成群结队地来看演出。

flock together( v.+adv. )

聚在一起gather in large numbers
flock together
Birds of a feather flock together.

物以类聚。

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…

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. flock后的谓语动词可为单数,也可为复数。

v. (动词)

1. flock用作动词的意思是“群集,成群结队而行”,指人们从不同的地方走到一起或一起朝某一特定的地点出发,常常带有一定的目的性。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

flock, drove, herd, pack, school, swarm

• 这组词都可作“群”解。其区别在于：flock是鸟或兽群的通俗用语,特指绵羊、山羊的“群”; herd通常指大动物的“群”,特指家畜的“群”; drove指被驱赶着的牛、羊、猪等的“群”; pack指猎犬、狼、狐、恶人等,用来指人群时含有轻蔑的意味; swarm指蜜蜂、昆虫等的“群”; school指水栖动物的“群”,如鱼、虾等。例如:
• This is a drove of deer.这是一群鹿。
• There are a flock of wild ducks in the pool.池塘里有一群野鸭。
• A pack of hounds chased the fox.一群猎狗追猎那只狐狸。
• I keep a large herd of cattle.我养一大群牛。
• Schools of dolphins live in the Pacific Ocean .太平洋里生活着成群的海豚。
• A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群蚂蚁正在忙碌地搬家。

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古英语的flocc，意为群。

近反义词

【近义词】

• group
• herd