congregate

英 [ˈkɒŋɡrɪɡeɪt]

美 [ˈkɑːŋɡrɪɡeɪt]

v.  群集; 聚集; 集合

现在分词：congregating　过去分词：congregated　过去式：congregated　第三人称单数：congregates　

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牛津词典

verb

• 群集；聚集；集合
  to come together in a group
  1. Young people often congregate in the main square in the evenings.
     年轻人傍晚时经常聚集在大广场上。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 集合;聚集
  When peoplecongregate, they gather together and form a group.
  1. Youngsters love to congregate here in the evenings outside cinemas showing American films...
     晚上，年轻人喜欢聚集在放映美国电影的电影院外面。
  2. Visitors congregated on Sunday afternoons to view public exhibitions.
     每周日下午，游客成群结队地来看公开展览。

英英释义

verb

• come together, usually for a purpose
  1. The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve

双语例句

• Now they can offer a digital place for their readers to congregate and talk.
  现在，它们能够提供一个数字场所给它们的读者聚集和谈论。
• Cattle congregate during a storm.
  在暴风雨中，牲口聚集在一起。
• The crowd congregate in the square to hear the president speak.
  成群的人聚集在广场上听总统演讲。
• All the big game congregate here, and birdlife is particularly prolific.
  所有的大型野兽都聚集在这里，鸟类尤其丰富。
• It is here that crooks and smugglers and dope-pedlars congregate, and a pretty villainous gang they are.
  正是在这里，骗子，走私犯，毒品贩子聚集在一起，他们真是一伙十恶不赦的家伙。
• Smoking should be banned in all cars as well as in public places where young people congregate, doctors are urging.
  英国医师呼吁，禁止在一切汽车内、以及年轻人聚集的公共场所吸烟。
• Mullets, crabs, rays and small fish congregate by the thousands off an Alabama pier.
  鲻鱼、螃蟹、鳐鱼和其它小鱼成群聚集在阿拉巴马州的码头外；
• They have smaller skulls in relation to their bodies compared with wildcats, and are known to congregate in colonies.
  与野猫相比，它们头骨与躯干的比例更小；而且众所周知，它们会集群而居。
• Youngsters love to congregate here in the evenings outside cinemas showing American films
  晚上，年轻人喜欢聚集在放映美国电影的电影院外面。
• Humans along the shorelines where we congregate have often viewed the Walrus species with interest.
  人们经常在我们聚集的海岸线上，饶有兴致地观察我们。