| 词汇 | flock |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： flock (n.) O.E. flocc "a group of persons," related to O.N. flokkr "crowd, troop, band," M.L.G. vlocke "crowd, flock;" not found in other Gmc. languages, perhaps related to folc "people," but the metathesis would have been unusual for O.E. Extended c.1200 to "a number of animals of one kind moving or feeding together;" of domestic animals c.1300. Transferred to bodies of Christians, in relation to Christ or their local pastor, from mid-14c. The verb meaning "to gather, congregate" is from c.1300. 词根记忆： n. (一)群,(禽,畜等的)群;大量v.群集,成群At 8 o'clock the clerk locked the flock of cocks in the room.八点锺时办事员将那群公鸡锁在房间里. |
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