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单词 flock
释义
flock
noun
uk
/flɒk/us
/flɑːk/

flocknoun(GROUP)

[C,+ sing/pl verb]
agroupofsheep,goats, orbirds:
羊群；鸟群；人群
a flockofsheep/goats/geese一群绵羊／山羊／鹅
Theshepherdisbringinghis flock down from thehills.牧羊人正把羊群往山下赶。
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[C,+ sing/pl verb]
alargegroupofpeople, usuallypeopleof aparticulartype:
（特定类型的）一群人
Anoisyflockoftouristscame into thebuilding.一群吵吵嚷嚷的游客走进了大楼。
Thepriestinvitedall themembersof his flock(= all thepeoplewho go to hischurch)toattendthespecialservice.牧师邀请教区的所有信徒参加这一特别仪式。
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Animal groupings
  • bevy
  • biomass
  • brood
  • colony
  • colony collapse
  • colony collapse disorder
  • drove
  • flight
  • gaggle
  • herd
  • hive
  • menagerie
  • murder
  • murmuration
  • pack
  • pod
  • school
  • shoal
  • swarm
  • team
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flocknoun(MATERIAL)

[U]
(USalsoflocking)
softmaterialused forfillingobjectssuch ascushions, orsoftmaterialthatformsaraisedpatternonwallpaperorcurtains
（充填垫子等的）软填料；（在墙纸或窗帘上制作凸起图案用的）短绒，绒屑
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Filling and completing
  • backfill
  • box ticking
  • brick
  • brick upsomething
  • brim
  • fill
  • gas
  • jam
  • overrun
  • pack
  • packsomething/somewhereout
  • permeate
  • pervade
  • pervasively
  • round
  • suffuse
  • supersaturated
  • takesomethingup
  • tank up
  • topsomethingup
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flock
verb
uk
/flɒk/us
/flɑːk/

flockverb(MOVE IN GROUP)

[Iusually+ adv/prep]
tomoveor come together inlargenumbers:
聚集；蜂拥
Hundreds ofpeopleflockedtothefootballmatch.数百人蜂拥前来观看足球比赛。
[+ to infinitive]Crowds ofpeopleflocked toseethe Picassoexhibition.大群人蜂拥去看毕加索画展。
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Forming groups (of people)
  • alienated
  • be ranged against/withsomething/someone
  • cluster
  • congregate
  • convene
  • converge
  • crowd around(someone/something)
  • form
  • gather
  • get
  • get together
  • group
  • huddle
  • incestuousness
  • mob
  • muster
  • range
  • roundsomething/someoneup
  • throng
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flockverb(DECORATE)

[T]
tocoverasurfacewith asoftmaterialinordertodecorateit:
用软材料覆盖表面装饰
You can flock alivingChristmastreetoachievetheeffectofnaturalsnow.你可以用軟材料覆蓋真圣诞树的表面来达到模仿自然界下雪的效果。
a flockedgreetingscard软面问候卡
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Decorating or making something attractive
  • accessorize
  • adorn
  • adornment
  • beautification
  • beautify
  • embellish
  • flatter
  • foliated
  • garland
  • gewgaw
  • glam
  • glam(yourself)up
  • ornate
  • over-glamorize
  • overdecorate
  • overdecoration
  • pimp
  • window dressing
  • yarn bombing
  • zhuzh
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(Definition offlockfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

flock| American Dictionary

flock
noun[C]
us
/flɑk/
agroupofsheep,goats, orbirds, or agroupofpeople:
a flock ofducks
a flock ofreporters
A flock is also thepeoplewho aremembersof achurch.
flock
verb[I]
us
/flɑk/
tomoveorgathertogether inlargenumbers:
Tourists flock to thevillage.
[+ to infinitive]Crowds ofpeopleflocked toseethe Picassoexhibition.
(Definition offlockfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflock

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To these places flocked buyers and sellers of different things and information from all parts circulated in these volatile spaces.
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However, more research is necessary before we can make meaningful comparisons among different flocks.
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The crinolined women clustered beneath her seem handmaidens flocking to attend her entrance: even a greyhound follows her queenly progress.
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From 50 % of the positive flocks originating from 24 farms only one serotype could be isolated.
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The influence of the use of antibiotics on the flock's status was also examined.
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Yes madam; while tending his flocks, some of them strayed and fell over a precipice.
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The flocks are not meant for the market but rather constitute an economic resource in case of emergency or social obligation.
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To identify likely factors associated with brucellaflock infection, univariable analyses comparing case and control flocks were first performed.
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Medium, between 18.18 % and f43.05 % of the flocks in town were positive.
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In recent years, the requirement for vaccination activities has been lifted for some flocks in order they can obtain a brucella-free health certificate.
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In 12 flocks, a (sub)therapeutic treatment of antibiotics and/or chemotherapeutics was given during rearing.
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Their courageous dissent from the prevalent attitudes of their flocks made for uneasy relationships.
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The number of bird species attending flocks was greater during the dry season, declining thereafter during the breeding season.
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They often perch conspicuously atop tall trees and fly high in pairs or loose flocks.
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In this study, we attempt to do so for flocks in rain-forest fragments which vary in area, habitat structure and bird community composition.
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Collocationswithflock

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flock of sheep
Dust contamination from the infectedflockofsheepwas the probable cause of this outbreak.
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huge flock
This habitat for fish also helps to refresh the sheep and is, as is clear to anyone, the home of ahugeflockof ducks.
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large flock
The latter group were called prinzipales, and were mainlylargeflock-owners.
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