flock
flock 英 [flɒk] 美 [flɑk]
n. 群；棉束（等于floc） vt. 用棉束填满 vi. 聚集；成群而行
进行时:flocking 过去式:flocked 过去分词:flocked 第三人称单数:flocks 名词复数:flocks
- The word flock refers to a group of animals, like birds or sheep, that have congregated together. The flock of pigeons at the park is so tame that they'll eat right out of your hand.
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- n. 群；棉束（等于floc）
- vt. 用棉束填满
- vi. 聚集；成群而行
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1. A few sheep have been lost from the flock.
羊群里少了几只羊。
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2. A flock of sheep are ranging over the grassland.
一群羊在草原上来回走动。
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3. The shepherd re-collected his flock and went down the hillside.
牧羊人把他的羊群重新集合在一起，走下山坡。
- 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.
- flock (n.2) "tuft of wool," mid-13c., also found in continental Germanic and Scandinavian, all probably from Old French floc, from Latin floccus "tuft of wool, lock of hair," a word of unknown origin.
- flock (v.) c. 1300 "gather, congregate" (intransitive), from flock (n.1). Related: Flocked; flocking.
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