单词	flocking
释义	flocking noun flock·​ing ˈflä-kiŋ  : a design in flock Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Getting a slice of the Big Apple became more pricey over the past year, fueled by the wealthy flocking back to the city and the workers heading back into the office and crowding Midtown Manhattan. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 14 July 2022 Doors on the side of the large flocking flights are opened and the birds simply release themselves by walking or flying out the door. Grrlscientist, Forbes, 15 June 2022 The Last Duel grossed $2.1 million (-57%) in its second weekend, with grown-ups flocking to Dune, Halloween Kills or No Time to Die over the acclaimed but non-escapist Ridley Scott medieval epic. Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021 In 1986, programmer Craig Reynolds made a three-dimensional flocking algorithm, which played out in an early computer animation. Tom Mcnamara, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020 Trees with flocking are not compostable and must be scheduled for bulky item pick-up. Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 31 Dec. 2020 Ancient Romans said the gods guided flocking birds. Tom Mcnamara, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020 Services include delivery for a fee, snow flocking and flame proofing. Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2020 In the absence of clear signals, our brains use information about the crowd to infer appropriate actions, similar to the behavior of schooling fish and flocking birds. Filippo Menczer, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2020 See More Word History First Known Use circa 1874, in the meaning defined above flocking verb present participle of flock as in crowding to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers vacationers flocked to the towns along the shore in order to escape the August heat Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance crowding swarming thronging invading mobbing infesting jamming clogging overrunning obstructing besetting damming plugging (up)
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