Flock

(noun.) a group of birds.

(noun.) a group of sheep or goats.

(noun.) a church congregation guided by a pastor.

(verb.) move as a crowd or in a group; 'Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears'.

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• As soon as the tribe found out that we had a doctor in our party, they began to flock in from all quarters. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• How voud it be in possibility to flock such fine fellow as dat? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The Hindu priest is a part of the family life of his flock, between whom and himself the tie has existed for many generations. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They will flock to him, he said, of their own accord, if he pays them. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The recess beneath the counter in which his flock mattress was thrust, looked like a grave. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I was in the service of a farmer; and with crook in hand, my dog at my side, I shepherded a numerous flock on the near uplands. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Why the tainted wether of the flock, am I not struck to earth among the first? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• There was no Adrian to superintend and direct, while whole flocks of the poor were struck and killed. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Devoid of parents, devoid of relations, devoid of flocks and herds, devoid of gold and silver and of precious stones. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• They rise in flocks of three hundred and flash along above the tops of the waves a distance of two or three hundred feet, then fall and disappear. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• They live by the crook and the bow; half shepherds, half hunters, their flocks wander wild as their prey. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• When its herds and flocks have consumed the forage of one part of the country, it removes to another, and from that to a third. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He was the owner of countless flocks. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The sons of Jacob had been pasturing their flocks near there. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Let all young men present mark this: 'The maidens all flocked to his boat so readily. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• There were but eight; yet, somehow, as they flocked in, they gave the impression of a much larger number. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He kept in mind the practical purposes of mining, and soon people flocked to Freiberg to hear him from all the quarters o f Europe. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Mr. Dubbley did as he was desired; and half a dozen men, each with a short truncheon and a brass crown, flocked into the room. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• We then drove twice up the Park, and Fanny made an effort to answer the beaux who flocked around the carriage, with cheerfulness. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The farmers and cottagers, on the contrary, struck with the fear of solitude, and madly desirous of medical assistance, flocked into the towns. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• On our way there, we had to pass a noisy drinking-house, where a number of men were flocking about the door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The sisterhood, the maidens, flocking round the young waterman, and urging him along the stream of duty and of temperance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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