gaggle

FREQ #39399

n. 鹅群, 一群, 嘎嘎叫声 vi. 嘎嘎地叫

发音

US /ˈɡæɡl̩/

词形变化

gaggles 复数 gaggles gaggled gaggles 三单 gaggling gaggling 现在分词 gaggled 过去式 gaggled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.

  2. 2.

    Any group or gathering of related things, particularly one perceived as noisy, boisterous or chaotic.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    Short for press gaggle: an informal briefing of journalists.

  4. 4.

    A group of women.

    历史
v.
  1. 1.

    To make a noise like a goose; to cackle.

    When a friend asked Socrates, how he could bear the scolding of his wife Xantippe? he retorted, and asked him, how he could bear the gaggling of his geese?

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

flock

部分词 1

goose
动词

同义词 1

cackle

上位词 1

cackle

相关短语

press gaggle

词源

From Middle English gagelen (“to cackle; cackle like a goose”). Compare Dutch gaggelen (“to cackle”), Icelandic gagl (“small goose; gosling”), Norwegian Nynorsk gagl (“wild goose”).

来源：wiktionary