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单词 gaggle
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gaggle
noun[C,+ sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈɡæɡ.əl/us
/ˈɡæɡ.əl/
agroupofgeese
一群鹅
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disapproving
agroupofnoisyorsillypeople:
一群喧闹的人；一帮蠢人
There was theusualgaggleofjournalistswaitingfor thestar.像往常一样，一群记者闹哄哄地等着明星露面。
aninformalmeetingin which someone whoworksfor anorganizationor thegovernmentgivesinformationtojournalists(=peoplewho write orbroadcastnewsstories); thejournalistsinvolvedin such ameeting:
Certainnewsoutletsweredeniedaccessto the gaggle withWhiteHousepresssecretary, Sean Spicer.
He was a little early, but thepressgaggle was alreadywaitingfor him.
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(Definition ofgagglefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
gaggle
noun[C,+ sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈɡæɡ.əl/us
/ˈɡæɡ.əl/
agroupofgeese
一群鹅
disapproving
agroupofnoisyorsillypeople
一群喧闹的人；一帮蠢人
There was theusualgaggleofjournalistswaitingfor thestar.像往常一样，一群记者闹哄哄地等着明星露面。

gaggle| American Dictionary

gaggle
noun[C]
us
/ˈɡæɡ·əl/
agroupofgeese, or agroupofpeople,esp. if they arenoisyorsilly:
A gaggle ofkidsfollowedhim down thestreet.
(Definition ofgagglefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgaggle

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You have prides of lions, gaggles of geese, murmurations of starlings and always hordes of officials.
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The higher-than-usual thermalling speed revealed itself a disadvantage in the typical competition gaggles, and its performance degrades somewhat when subject to turbulence, rain or wing contamination.
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I think it is a great deal better and an even finer term than "agaggleof geese".
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Thirdly, we now know that it is only one of a wholegaggleof new taxes.
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Does that mean that justice is to be dispensed in this country only when there is agaggleof witnesses?
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If they had been moved on to enable agaggleof parliamentarians to cast a vote, it would have soured the atmosphere of the evening's celebrations.
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The debate has been characterised by what can only be described as agaggleof lawyers articulating some concern for other lawyers' vested interest in securing particular positions.
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They are a nuisance and annoyanceper sethe moment there is a number, agaggleor a pride of them together in any one area.
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I shall decline to mention any architect, other than to remark that there is a wholegaggleof community architects—if that is the right term—or a whole collection of them.
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His favorites are agaggleof mermaids (all brunettes with the exception of a single strawberry-blond) who appear hand-sized next to the larger-than-life king.
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In terms of geese, agaggleis equal to at least five geese.
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In terms of salt, agaggleis equal to eight fifty pound bags of salt.
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Next to enter is agaggleof six "cocodettes", flighty young women of questionable virtue, with three billiards players as their escorts.
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Things form agaggleof actors, their movements become acts in a play.
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On days when there are no cumulus clouds to indicate where there is lift,gaggleflying is the norm.
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