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gregarious
英 [grɪ'geərɪəs]美 [grɪ'gɛrɪəs]
adj. 社交的;群居的
星级词汇:★
记忆方法
1. greg- + -ary + -ous.2. => "living in flocks" (of animals), pertaining to a flock, of the herd.
中文词源
gregarious 合群的
来自PIE*ger, 集中,集会,词源同cram, crowd,
英语词源
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.
权威例句
1. Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests.
福尔摩斯爱交际,非常风趣,兴趣广泛。
2. Rodney was a cheerful, elegant and gregarious if rather contentious man.
罗德尼尽管非常喜欢与人争辩,却是个阳光、优雅、合群的人。
3. She is such a gregarious and outgoing person.
她很外向,喜欢交朋结友。
4. These animals are highly gregarious.
这些动物非常喜欢群居.
5. They are gregarious birds and feed in flocks.
它们是群居鸟类,会集群觅食。
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