英语词汇“gaggle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gaggle

/ˈɡaɡ(ə)l

noun

1A flock of geese.It is also a popular watering hole to gaggles of geese which fly in from time to time....

These failures become apparent through the absence of first-year birds in the winter gaggles.
Along with gaggles of Canada Geese, we saw our first groups of Brant.

2 informal A disorderly group of people: the gaggle of photographers that dogged his every step...

Ten minutes from the ground and you could already feel the unmistakable hum of a huge gaggle of excited people gathered together.
Yes, she'll miss the glamour, the gaggle of schoolgirls crowding round for autographs.
Today, it involves federal courts, a gaggle of sturdy lawyers or both.

Middle English (as a verb): imitative of the noise that a goose makes; compare with Dutch gaggelen and German gackern.

Gaggle as in gaggle of geese, originally imitated the noise that a goose makes. Many word were invented in the 15th century for groups of people or animals; unlike most of the others, gaggle was actually adopted in use.

单词	gaggle
释义	gaggle /ˈɡaɡ(ə)l / noun 1A flock of geese.It is also a popular watering hole to gaggles of geese which fly in from time to time.... These failures become apparent through the absence of first-year birds in the winter gaggles. Along with gaggles of Canada Geese, we saw our first groups of Brant. 2 informal A disorderly group of people: the gaggle of* photographers that dogged his every step... Ten minutes from the ground and you could already feel the unmistakable hum of a huge gaggle of excited people gathered together. Yes, she'll miss the glamour, the gaggle of schoolgirls crowding round for autographs. Today, it involves federal courts, a gaggle of sturdy lawyers or both. Origin Middle English (as a verb): imitative of the noise that a goose makes; compare with Dutch gaggelen* and German gackern. Gaggle as in gaggle of geese, originally imitated the noise that a goose makes. Many word were invented in the 15th century for groups of people or animals; unlike most of the others, gaggle was actually adopted in use. Rhymes draggle, haggle, raggle-taggle, straggle, waggle
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