flock
noun /flɒk/
/flɑːk/
- [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of sheep, goats or birds of the same type
（羊或鸟）群 - flock (of something) He looks after a flock of 500 sheep.
他看管一个羊群，共500只羊。 - in flocks These birds fly in huge flocks.
这些鸟成群结队地飞行。
- flock (of something) He looks after a flock of 500 sheep.
- [countable + singular or plural verb] a large group of people, especially of the same type
（尤指同类人的）一大群 - flock (of somebody) a flock of children/reporters
一大群儿童／记者 - in flocks They came in flocks to see the procession.
他们成群结队来看游行队伍。
- flock (of somebody) a flock of children/reporters
- [countable + singular or plural verb] (literary) the group of people who regularly attend the church of a particular priest, etc.
（常跟随某圣职人员等做礼拜的）信众；追随者 - [uncountable] small pieces of soft material used for filling cushions, chairs, etc.
（填充垫子、椅子等的）小块软填料 - a flock mattress
填充床垫
- a flock mattress
- [uncountable] small pieces of soft material on the surface of paper or cloth that produce a raised pattern
（植绒用的）短绒，绒屑 - flock wallpaper
植绒墙纸
- flock wallpaper
词源noun senses 1 to 3 Old English flocc, of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a band or body of people’: this became obsolete, but has been reintroduced as a transferred use of the sense ‘a number of animals kept together’. noun senses 4 to 5 Middle English: from Old French floc, from Latin floccus ‘lock or tuft of wool’.