late 15c., gagyll, with reference to both geese and women (on the notion of "chattering company"). Barnhart says possibly from Old Norse gagl "small goose, gosling, wild goose;" OED calls it "one of the many artificial terms invented in the 15th c. as distinctive collectives referring to particular animals or classes of persons." Possibly of imitative origin (compare Dutch gagelen "to chatter;" Middle English gaggle "to cackle," used of geese, attested from late 14c.). The loosened general sense of "group of people" is from 1946.
雙語例句
1. They all burst out laughing, sounding like a gaggle of geese.
她們全都放聲大笑, 像一群鴨子一樣嘎嘎地叫著.
來自漢英文學 - 散文英譯
2. A gaggle of journalists sit in a hotel foyer waiting impatiently.
一群亂哄哄的記者坐在酒店大堂里焦急地等待著。
來自辭典例句
3. A gaggle of schoolgirls followed the tennis star to his car.
一群嘰哩呱啦的女學生跟著網球明星到他的車子.
來自互聯網
4. In another hospital, I found a gaggle of rural patients crouching on the forecourt.
在另一家醫院, 我一群吵鬧的農村病人蹲在醫院的大廳.
來自互聯網
5. A gaggle of screaming children waited just outside the gym, some seeking autographs.