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- a number of birds of one kind feeding, resting, or travelling together鸟群：
a flock of gulls.
一群海鸥。
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- a number of domestic animals, especially sheep, goats, or geese, that are kept together家畜群, 家禽群（尤指绵羊、山羊、鹅）：
a flock of sheep.
一群羊。
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flocks
large crowds of people大群人：flocks of young people hung around at twilight.
黄昏时成群结队的年轻人在闲荡。
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- a group of children or pupils in someone's charge（有人领着的）一群孩子（或中小学生）。
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- a Christian congregation or body of believers, especially one under the charge of a particular minister（尤指属某牧师所管的）基督教会众：
Thomas addressed his flock.
托马斯向他的教众讲道。
ORIGIN: alluding to the metaphor of Christ or a Christian pastor as a shepherd.
no obj., with adverbial
1- congregate or mass in a flock or large group聚集成群, 群集, 聚集：
young men flocked about her.
年轻男士簇拥着她。
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- go together in a crowd成群结队前往, 蜂拥而至：
tourists flock to Oxford in their thousands
成千上万的旅游者涌向牛津
with infinitive millions flocked to watch.数百万人涌入观看。
词源
Old English flocc, of unknown origin. The original sense was 'a band or body of people'： this became obsolete, but has been reintroduced as a transferred use of the sense 'a number of animals kept together'.
mass noun［often as modifier］
1- a soft material for stuffing cushions, quilts, and other soft furnishings, made of wool refuse or torn-up cloth（填入垫、被和其他软陈设的）废毛, 废棉：
flock mattresses.
废毛（或棉）床垫。
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- powdered wool or cloth, used in making flock wallpaper制作植绒墙纸的粉状毛（或布）屑。
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- count noun a lock or tuft of wool or cotton毛束, 棉束。
派生词
flocky
adjective词源
Middle English: from Old French floc, from Latin floccus （see FLOCCUS）.