flock

英 [flɒk] 美 [flɑk]

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※ 提供单词"flock"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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.

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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。