单词 | flock |
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音标 | [flɔk] |
解释 | n.羊群;鸟群 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n.羊群,鸟群(a group of certain animals, as goats or sheep, or of birds) 【考】 school : fish / flock : birds(鱼群和鱼/鸟群和鸟)clique : intimates / flock : sheep(密友形成小集团/羊 形成羊群) 【例】 a flock of birds |
字源 | 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);" not found in other Germanic languages; perhaps related to folc "people," but the metathesis would have been unusual for Old English. Extended c.1200 to "a number of animals of one kind moving or feeding together;" of domestic animals c.1300. Transferred to bodies of Christians, in relation to Christ or their local pastor, from mid-14c. flock (n.2) "tuft of wool," mid-13c., probably from Old French floc, from Latin floccus "flock of wool, lock of hair." flock (v.) "gather, congregate," c.1300, from flock (n.). Related: Flocked; flocking. |
不择手段背单词 | n. 兽群; 人群(在同一个人领导下的, 同一教派的成员); v 聚结 【区】block(n 木块; 街区; 阻滞vt 防碍; 阻塞) 【类】school: fish = flock: birds = herd: animals鱼群由鱼组成 = 鸟群由鸟组成 = 兽群由动物组成clique: intimates = flock: sheep 小集团由密友组成 = 羊群由羊组成 【反】segregate(v 隔离) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】原指一簇羊毛,一群;lock 一束长发;floor + lock 地上上锁将羊群锁在圈里;block 这一街区密密麻麻全都是羊群 【相关】lock 一束长发; |
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