flock
英[fl?k]
美[flɑk]
- n. 群；棉束（等于floc）
- vt. 用棉束填滿
- vi. 聚集；成群而行
- n. (Flock)人名；(德、瑞典)弗洛克
詞態變化
復數:?flocks;第三人稱單數:?flocks;過去式:?flocked;過去分詞:?flocked;現在分詞:?flocking;
助記提示
鎖(lock)在一起是一群(flock)
2. perhaps is the metathesis form of folk.
3. Birds of a feather flock together(物以類聚，人以群分).
4. flocc- => flock.
5. lock 一束長發 => flock.
6. block, bloc => flock, floc.
7. fly + lock => flock.
8. 諧音“飛落靠”-----飛落在地上靠在一起。
中文詞源
flock 羊群，群集
詞源不詳。可能來自folk, 人們，民眾。原指一群人或隊伍，后來才用來指獸群，羊群。參照基督教牧師，其原義即為牧羊人。
flock 絨毛來自拉丁語floccus, 羊毛，發綹，詞源同floss, fleece.
英文詞源
- flock (n.1)
- Old English flocc "a group of persons, company, troop," related to Old Norse flokkr "crowd, troop, band," Middle Low German vlocke "crowd, flock (of sheep);" of unknown origin, not found in other Germanic languages; perhaps related to folc "people," but the metathesis would have been unusual for Old English.
In Old English of humans only; extended c. 1200 to "a number of animals of one kind moving or feeding together;" of domestic animals c. 1300. The special reference to birds is recent (19c.). Transferred to bodies of Christians, in relation to Christ or their pastor, from mid-14c. - flock (n.2)
- "tuft of wool," mid-13c., also found in continental Germanic and Scandinavian, all probably from Old French floc, from Latin floccus "flock of wool, lock of hair."
- flock (v.)
- c. 1300 "gather, congregate" (intransitive), from flock (n.1). Related: Flocked; flocking.
雙語例句
- 1. A flock of birds flew towards us slowly from far away.
- 一群鳥兒從遠處朝我們緩緩飛來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A flock of birds was already warbling a cheerful morning chorus.
- 一群鳥兒已經齊聲唱起了歡快的晨曲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They kept a small flock of sheep.
- 他們養了一小群羊。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. A flock of crows wheeled overhead.
- 一群烏鴉在頭頂上盤旋。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. a small flock of laying hens
- 一小群下蛋的母雞
來自《權威詞典》