congregate
verb /ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪt/
/ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪt/
[intransitive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they congregate | /ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪt/ /ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪt/ |
he / she / it congregates | /ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪts/ /ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪts/ |
past simple congregated | /ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
past participle congregated | /ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
-ing form congregating | /ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- to come together in a group
群集;聚集;集合 - Young people often congregate in the main square in the evenings.
年轻人傍晚时经常聚集在大广场上。
词源late Middle English: from Latin congregat- ‘collected (into a flock), united’, from the verb congregare, from con- ‘together’ + gregare (from grex, greg- ‘a flock’). - Young people often congregate in the main square in the evenings.