gregarious
英 [gr?'ge?r??s]
美 [gr?'g?r??s]
助記提示
1. greg- + -ary + -ous.
2. => "living in flocks" (of animals), pertaining to a flock, of the herd.
中文詞源
gregarious 合群的來自PIE*ger, 集中，集會，詞源同cram, crowd,
英文詞源
- gregarious
- gregarious: see segregate
- gregarious (adj.)
- 1660s, "disposed to live in flocks" (of animals), from Latin gregarius "pertaining to a flock; of the herd, of the common sort, common," from grex (genitive gregis) "flock, herd," from PIE *gre-g-, reduplicated form of root *ger- (1) "to gather together, assemble" (cognates: Sanskrit gramah "heap, troop;" Greek ageirein "to assemble," agora "assembly;" Latin gremium "bosom, lap;" Old Church Slavonic grusti "handful," gramota "heap;" Lithuanian gurgulys "chaos, confusion," gurguole "crowd, mass"). Of persons, "sociable" first recorded 1789. Related: Gregariously; gregariousness.
雙語例句
- 1. Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests.
- 福爾摩斯愛交際，非常風(fēng)趣，興趣廣泛。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Rodney was a cheerful, elegant and gregarious if rather contentious man.
- 羅德尼盡管非常喜歡與人爭辯，卻是個陽光、優(yōu)雅、合群的人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She is such a gregarious and outgoing person.
- 她很外向，喜歡交朋結(jié)友。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. These animals are highly gregarious.
- 這些動物非常喜歡群居.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. They are gregarious birds and feed in flocks.
- 它們是群居鳥類，會集群覓食。
來自辭典例句