flock

英 [flɒk]美 [flɑk]
  • n. 群；棉束（等于floc）
  • vt. 用棉束填满
  • vi. 聚集；成群而行
  • n. (Flock)人名；(德、瑞典)弗洛克
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助记提示

锁(lock)在一起是一群(flock)
2. perhaps is the metathesis form of folk.
3. Birds of a feather flock together(物以类聚，人以群分).
4. flocc- => flock.
5. lock 一束长发 => flock.
6. block, bloc => flock, floc.
7. fly + lock => flock.
8. 谐音“飞落靠”-----飞落在地上靠在一起。

中文词源

flock 羊群，群集

词源不详。可能来自folk, 人们，民众。原指一群人或队伍，后来才用来指兽群，羊群。参照基督教牧师，其原义即为牧羊人。

flock 绒毛

来自拉丁语floccus, 羊毛，发绺，词源同floss, fleece.

英文词源

flock (n.1)
Old English flocc "a group of persons, company, troop," related to Old Norse flokkr "crowd, troop, band," Middle Low German vlocke "crowd, flock (of sheep);" of unknown origin, not found in other Germanic languages; perhaps related to folc "people," but the metathesis would have been unusual for Old English.

In Old English of humans only; extended c. 1200 to "a number of animals of one kind moving or feeding together;" of domestic animals c. 1300. The special reference to birds is recent (19c.). Transferred to bodies of Christians, in relation to Christ or their pastor, from mid-14c.
flock (n.2)
"tuft of wool," mid-13c., also found in continental Germanic and Scandinavian, all probably from Old French floc, from Latin floccus "flock of wool, lock of hair."
flock (v.)
c. 1300 "gather, congregate" (intransitive), from flock (n.1). Related: Flocked; flocking.

双语例句

1. A flock of birds flew towards us slowly from far away.
一群鸟儿从远处朝我们缓缓飞来。
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2. A flock of birds was already warbling a cheerful morning chorus.
一群鸟儿已经齐声唱起了欢快的晨曲。
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3. They kept a small flock of sheep.
他们养了一小群羊。
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4. A flock of crows wheeled overhead.
一群乌鸦在头顶上盘旋。
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5. a small flock of laying hens
一小群下蛋的母鸡
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