flock
A large number of animals associated together in a groupA number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.: A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats or other livestock animals, or sometimes any group of animals.
» I saw a flock of sheep.
Ich sah eine Schafherde.
Я видел стадо овец.
Я увидел стадо баранов.
Значение
значений: 8A number of birds together in a group, such as those gathered together for the purpose of migration.
(собирательное)A large number of animals associated together in a group; commonly used of sheep, but (dated) also used for goats or other livestock animals, or sometimes any group of animals.
Herde, Schwarm, Schar
ста́доstádo, ота́раotára, ста́яstája
ста́доstádo, череда́čeredá, ота́раotára
a group of sheep or goats
(собирательное)The group of sheep being watched by one shepherd.
a group of birds
(собирательное)A large number of people.
Schar
толпа́tolpá
(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
Those served by a particular pastor or shepherd.
A religious congregation.
па́стваpástva, гру́ппаgrúppa
a church congregation guided by a pastor
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Coarse tufts of wool or cotton used in bedding.
клокklok
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A lock of wool or hair.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Very fine sifted woollen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, formerly used as a coating for wallpaper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fibre used for a similar purpose.
Примеры
предложений: 125I saw a flock of sheep.
Я видел стадо овец.
deIch sah eine Schafherde.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Рыбак рыбака видит издалека.
ukДва чоботи пара.
deGleich und Gleich gesellt sich gern.
There's a black sheep in every flock.
В каждом стаде есть чёрная овца.
deIn jeder Herde gibt es ein schwarzes Schaf.
The hunter aimed a shotgun at the flock of birds.
Охотник нацелил ружьё на стаю птиц.
deDer Jäger zielte mit einem Jagdgewehr auf den Vogelschwarm.
She seemed to be looking at a flock of birds in the sky.
Казалось, она смотрит на стаю птиц в небе.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 2
По значениям 5
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From Middle English flok, from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-WesFrom Middle English flok, from Old English flocc (“flock, company, troop”), from Proto-West Germanic *flokk, from Proto-Germanic *flukkaz (“crowd, troop”). Cognate with German Low German Flock (“crowd, flock”), Danish flok (“flock”), Swedish flock (“flock”), Norwegian flokk (“flock”), Faroese flokkur (“flock”), Icelandic flokkur (“flock, group”). Related also to Norman fliotchet (“flock, crowd”), from Old Norse. Perhaps related to Old English folc (“crowd, troop, band”). More at folk.
From Middle English flok (“tuft of wool”), from Old French floc (“tuft of wool”), from Late Latin floccus (“tuft of wool”), probably from Frankish *flokko (“down, wool, flock”), from Proto-Germanic *flukkōn-, *flukkan-, *fluksōn- (“down, flock”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“hair, fibres, tuft”). Cognate with Old High German flocko (“down”), Middle Dutch vlocke (“flock”), Norwegian dialectal flugsa (“snowflake”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian flok (“hair”).
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