congregate
/ˈkɒŋgrɪgeɪt/verb
no obj.
- gather into a crowd or mass集合, 聚集：
some 4,000 demonstrators had congregated at a border point.
约4,000名示威者已聚集在边界处。
词源
late Middle English: from Latin congregat- 'collected (into a flock), united', from the verb congregare, from con- 'together' + gregare （from grex, greg- 'a flock'）.