Congregate
['kɒŋgrɪgeɪt] or ['kɑŋɡrɪɡet]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) come together, usually for a purpose; 'The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve'.
胡安娜校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Collected; compact; close.
(v. t.) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact.
(v. i.) To come together; to assemble; to meet.
編輯:罗比
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Assemble, collect, muster, gather, convene, convoke, bring together.
v. n. Assemble, meet, come together, meet together.
艾米編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
[See AGGREGATE]
手打:玛丽安
解釋/意思:
v.t. to gather together: to assemble.—v.i. to flock together.—p.adj. Congregat′ed assembled: aggregated.—n. Congregā′tion the act of congregating: an assemblage of persons or things: (O.T.) a name given to the children of Israel: a body of people united to worship in a particular church: the name given to the body of Protestant Reformers in Scotland in the time of Mary.—adj. Congregā′tional pertaining to a congregation.—ns. Congregā′tionalism a form of church government in which each congregation is independent in the management of its own affairs—also called Independency; Congregā′tionalist adherent of Congregationalism.
校對:玛吉
例句/造句/用法:
- It was a sight for angels to congregate to behold, to view him lead, govern, and solace, the last days of the human race. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- True, he said; but then the multitude is seldom willing to congregate unless they get a little honey. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- By the time the officer arrived, Sam had made himself so extremely popular, that the congregated gentlemen determined to see him to prison in a body. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- There were two or three other men in the room, congregated in a little knot, and noiselessly talking among themselves. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Now they had congregated by the boat and were talking in loud, angry tones, with much gesticulating and shaking of fists. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
手打:旺达