flocked
past simple and past participle offlock
| 单词 | flocked |
| 释义 | flocked past simple and past participle offlock flock verb uk/flɒk/us/flɑːk/flockverb(MOVE IN GROUP)[Iusually+ adv/prep] tomoveor come together inlargenumbers: Hundreds ofpeopleflockedtothefootballmatch. [+ to infinitive]Crowds ofpeopleflocked toseethe Picassoexhibition. Forming groups (of people)
flockverb(DECORATE)[T] tocoverasurfacewith asoftmaterialinordertodecorateit: You can flock alivingChristmastreetoachievetheeffectofnaturalsnow. a flockedgreetingscard Decorating or making something attractive
Examplesofflockedflocked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But hopes of a continuation of the season were already melting away as playersflockedto the colours. From theCambridge English Corpus Studentsflockedto the option of a master's degree in archaeology. From theCambridge English Corpus Many hundreds of humbler souls alsoflockedthere in search of his curative powers. From theCambridge English Corpus The war economy produced sudden and strong demands for labour and many peopleflockedto some of the big cities. From theCambridge English Corpus This was a production which suffragistsflockedto, seeing their own persecution played out triumphantly on stage. From theCambridge English Corpus The interior of a stream could beflocked, and a flock could be part of a streamed texture. From theCambridge English Corpus Manyflockedto see and experience the building. From theCambridge English Corpus The desertersflockedto enlist not out of a desire to leave the war, but from fear of being made to abandon their country. From theCambridge English Corpus It has become a truism of the 'industrial revolution' that workersflockedfrom the countryside to the towns and cities, from rural occupations to urban industry. From theCambridge English Corpus Tenants haveflockedto join the tenants associations and have rallied behind those associations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The agricultural labourer hasflockedto the standard in shoals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A lot of peopleflockedto the railway station to get away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Rescue teamsflockedto the disaster areas from every province. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English When people whoflockedto the company had worked there for four weeks the wages immediately dropped to £120 a week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Madly his distressed co-religionistsflockedto the gates, and in the rush escaped with their lives only. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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