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flock

noun
/flɒk/
/flɑːk/
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  1. [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of sheep, goats or birds of the same type(羊或鸟)群
    • flock (of something) He looks after a flock of 500 sheep.他看管一个羊群,共500只羊。
    • in flocks These birds fly in huge flocks.这些鸟成群结队地飞行。
    compare herdTopics Animalsc1
  2. [countable + singular or plural verb] a large group of people, especially of the same type(尤指同类人的)一大群
    • flock (of somebody) a flock of children/reporters一大群儿童/记者
    • in flocks They came in flocks to see the procession.他们成群结队来看游行队伍。
  3. [countable + singular or plural verb] (literary) the group of people who regularly attend the church of a particular priest, etc.(常跟随某圣职人员等做礼拜的)信众;追随者
  4. [uncountable] small pieces of soft material used for filling cushions, chairs, etc.(填充垫子、椅子等的)小块软填料
    • a flock mattress填充床垫
  5. [uncountable] small pieces of soft material on the surface of paper or cloth that produce a raised pattern(植绒用的)短绒,绒屑
    • flock wallpaper植绒墙纸
  6. Word Originnoun senses 1 to 3 Old English flocc, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a band or body of people’: this became obsolete, but has been reintroduced as a transferred use of the sense ‘a number of animals kept together’. noun senses 4 to 5 Middle English: from Old French floc, from Latin floccus ‘lock or tuft of wool’.

flock

verb
/flɒk/
/flɑːk/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they flock
/flɒk/
/flɑːk/
he / she / it flocks
/flɒks/
/flɑːks/
past simple flocked
/flɒkt/
/flɑːkt/
past participle flocked
/flɒkt/
/flɑːkt/
-ing form flocking
/ˈflɒkɪŋ/
/ˈflɑːkɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. to go or gather together somewhere in large numbers群集;聚集;蜂拥
    • + adv./prep. Thousands of people flocked to the beach this weekend.这个周末有好几千人蜂拥到了海滩。
    • Huge numbers of birds had flocked together by the lake.大群的鸟聚集在湖边。
    • flock to do something People flocked to hear him speak.人们成群结队地去听他演讲。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryFlock is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • bird
    • crowd
    • fan
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    Word Originverb Old English flocc, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a band or body of people’: this became obsolete, but has been reintroduced as a transferred use of the sense ‘a number of animals kept together’.
Idioms
birds of a feather (flock together)
  1. (saying) people of the same sort (are found together)同类的人(聚在一起);物以类聚

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