| 词汇 | flocked |
| 释义 | flocked past simple and past participle offlock flock verb uk /flɒk/ us /flɑːk/ flockverb (MOVE IN GROUP)[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to move or come together in large numbers: 聚集；蜂拥 flock toHundreds of people flocked to the football match.数百人蜂拥前来观看足球比赛。 [ + to infinitive ]Crowds of people flocked to see the Picasso exhibition.大群人蜂拥去看毕加索画展。 Forming groups (of people) alienated be ranged against/with something/someone class reunion cluster crowd crowd around (someone/something) federalization flock gather incestuousness mob muster rally range regather regroup reunion round the assembled company throng flockverb (DECORATE)[ T ] to cover a surface with a soft material in order to decorate it: 用软材料覆盖表面装饰 You can flock a living Christmas tree to achieve the effect of natural snow.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 flocked greetings card软面问候卡 Decorating or making something attractive accessorize adorn adornment beautification beautify embellish embellishment festoon flock foliated garland ornamentation ornate over-glamorize overdecorate overdecoration unembellished window dressing yarn bombing zhuzh Examples of flockedflocked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But hopes of a continuation of the season were already melting away as players flocked to the colours. Students flocked to the option of a master's degree in archaeology. Many hundreds of humbler souls also flocked there in search of his curative powers. The war economy produced sudden and strong demands for labour and many people flocked to some of the big cities. This was a production which suffragists flocked to, seeing their own persecution played out triumphantly on stage. The interior of a stream could be flocked, and a flock could be part of a streamed texture. Many flocked to see and experience the building. The deserters flocked to enlist not out of a desire to leave the war, but from fear of being made to abandon their country. It has become a truism of the 'industrial revolution' that workers flocked from the countryside to the towns and cities, from rural occupations to urban industry. Tenants have flocked to join the tenants associations and have rallied behind those associations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The agricultural labourer has flocked to the standard in shoals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A lot of people flocked to the railway station to get away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rescue teams flocked to the disaster areas from every province. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English When people who flocked to the company had worked there for four weeks the wages immediately dropped to £120 a week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Madly his distressed co-religionists flocked to the gates, and in the rush escaped with their lives only. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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