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flock

/flok/US // flɒk //UK // (flɒk) //

羊群,麇集,鸡群,麇集在一起

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a number of animals of one kind, especially sheep, goats, or birds, that keep or feed together or are herded together.
    • : a large number of people; crowd.
    • : a large group of things: a flock of letters to answer.
    • : the Christian church in relation to Christ.a single congregation in relation to its pastor.
    • : Archaic. a band or company of persons.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to gather or go in a flock or crowd: They flocked around the football hero.

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Examples

  • Later, she won a new flock of fans as BFF Lilly in “The Princess Diaries” movies, as well.

  • A flock of birds is kind of a canonical example of self-organization.

  • On Monday, a flock of tech companies decided it was time to make their plans to go public, well, public, as tech stocks have soared during the pandemic.

  • When the duo surveyed singles about the personality traits they were looking for in romantic partners, they found that a similarity model—the age-old idea that birds of a feather flock together—best described the data.

  • One of the yeomen warders, known as the ravenmaster, is also responsible for looking after the tower’s resident flock of ravens.

  • Behind him stood a flock of fifth-grade boys—and two second-grade girls—all of them wearing the exact same yellow hat.

  • Fans of the series will flock to see ‘Mockingjay’ this Thanksgiving weekend.

  • And almost immediately, his fellow survivors flock to him, seeing his potential to be a great hero.

  • Pressing the dodge button at the right time causes her to temporarily burst into an invincible flock of crows.

  • He is to be admired for his kindness and genuine pastoral concern for all the members of his flock.

  • A flock of weary sheep pattered along the road, barnward bound, heavy eyed and bleating softly.

  • Once he suddenly found himself in the road driving a small flock of goats, whose he knew not, nor whence he got them.

  • The faces of a flock of sheep are to a stranger all alike; to the shepherd, each has its personal individuality.

  • I have not been able to learn that the migratory flock above spoken of extended to any of the other Islands.

  • Gwynne accepted this act of sacrifice with a matter-of-fact nod, and it was but a moment later that they came upon another flock.