con·gre·gate
verb/ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪt/
/ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they congregate | /ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪt/ /ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪt/ |
| he / she / it congregates | /ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪts/ /ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪts/ |
| past simple congregated | /ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle congregated | /ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form congregating | /ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- to come together in a group
群集；聚集；集合 - Young people often congregate in the main square in the evenings.
年轻人傍晚时经常聚集在大广场上。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin congregat- ‘collected (into a flock), united’, from the verb congregare, from con- ‘together’ + gregare (from grex, greg- ‘a flock’). - Young people often congregate in the main square in the evenings.