| 释义 |
flock¹ /flɒk/ n. | vi. | phr.
I n.
1. 兽群；畜群(尤指羊群)；鸟群
a flock of sheep (geese) 一群羊(鹅)
2. (一人带领下的)一大群人；一(大)批东西；一伙人；一家的子女；一班的学生
People came in flocks to see the new dam. 人们成群结队地前来参观新建的水坝。
a teacher and his flock 教师和他班上的学生们
3. (属同一牧师所管的)全体教徒，同一教会团体的教徒
a priest and his flock 牧师与听他讲道的会众
4. 大量，众多
a flock of tourists 纷至沓来的游客
a flock of new ideas 大量新的思想
II vi.
群集，聚集；成群行动；簇拥；蜂拥
Birds of a feather flock together. 鸟以群分。
Questioners flocked round the speaker after the meeting. 会后询问者把演讲的人团团围住。
The crowd flocked into the stadium. 一大群人拥入体育场。
Crowds flocked after the popular singer as he left the theatre. 当歌星离开剧场时，人群簇拥在他身后。
Students are flocking to such fields as genetics and molecular biology. 大学生正在大量从事诸如遗传学和分子生物学等领域的研究。
[<OE flocc; 与 ON flokkr crowd, MLG vlocke 有关] phr. fire into the wrong flock 搞错目标，铸成大错 flocks and herds 成群的牛羊 |