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狮子的英文是lion
一群狮子叫什么?
乌鸦是crow
一群乌鸦叫什么?
一群🐟又叫什么?
今天在看语法书, 读到了collective nouns: are words used to define a group of objects, such as team, pride (of lions), jury.
顺便搜了一下英文中的集合名词,分享给你. 别认真, 稍微了解一下就好: 有一些你熟悉的词原来还有这个意思!
Many species of animals, particularly those domesticated, have been given specific names for the male, the female, and the young of the species. There are a few generic terms, "bull-cow-calf", for instance, that are found across species, but many species have been granted unique names for these gender/age characteristics.
It is thought that many of the bizarre words used for collective groupings of animals were first published in 1486 in the Book of St. Albans, in an essay on hunting attributed to a Dame Juliana Barnes. Many of the words are thought to be chosen simply for the humorous or poetic images they conjured up in her lively imagination.
Alligators come in groups called a congregation
Alpaca (草泥马)come in groups called a herd
Ants come in groups called a colony, army, swarm or nest
Armadillo(犰qiu狳you) come in groups called a roll
这货可以变成球的
Baboons(狒狒) come in groups called a troop or flange
Bacteria come in groups called a culture
Badgers come in groups called a cete, colony, set or company
badger做动词有“依依不饶的再三请求”的意思, 生活大爆炸中有一集中,有人问Lenard是如何追到Penny的,Sheldon插嘴说: “implacable,relentless badgering."
Bats come in groups called a colony or cloud
Bass (鲈鱼)come in groups called a shoal
Bears come in groups called a sloth, sleuth or litter
Bees come in groups called a grist, hive, swarm or nest
Birds come in groups called a brood, clutch, flight, flock or dissimulation
Buffalo come in groups called a herd, troop, gang, or obstinacy
Butterflies come in groups called a flight, or flutter
Camels come in groups called a caravan, train, or flock
Cats come in groups called a clowder, clutter, pounce, dout, nuisance, glorying, or glare
Cattle come in groups called a drove, herd, or team
Chickens come in groups called a brood, or peep
Chinchilla 龙猫 come in groups called a colony
Clams come in groups called a bed
Crocodiles come in groups called a bask, or float
Crows come in groups called a murder, horde, parcel, or storytelling
Deer come in groups called a herd, leash, or gang
Dogs come in groups called a kennel
Dolphins come in groups called a pod
Doves come in groups called a arc, dule, bevy, cote, dole, or paddling
Ducks come in groups called a floc, brace, or badling
Elephants come in groups called a herd, or parade
Elk come in groups called a gang, or herd
Ferrets 貂 come in groups called a business, cast
Fish come in groups called a draft, nest, shoal, school, catch, drought, or haul
Flamingoes come in groups called a stand, or flamboyance
Frogs come in groups called a army, colony, or knot
Fox come in groups called a leash, skulk, earth, lead, or troop
Geese come in groups called a flock, skein, gaggle, herd, or corps
Giraffes come in groups called a herd, corps or tower
Goldfish come in groups called a glint, or troubling
Grasshoppers come in groups called a cloud
Hare come in groups called a warren, down or husk
Hippopotamuses come in groups called a bloat
Hornets come in groups called a nest, or bike
Hound Dogs come in groups called a cry, mute, or pack
Jellyfish come in groups called a smack, or brood
Kangaroos come in groups called a troop, mob, or herd
Kittens come in groups called a kindle, litter, or intrigue
Ladybirds come in groups called a loveliness
Leopards come in groups called a leap
Lice come in groups called a flock
Magpies come in groups called a tiding, gulp, murder, or charm
Mice come in groups called a mischief or nest
Monkeys come in groups called a troop, barrel, carload, cartload, or tribe
Nightingales come in groups called a watch
Owls come in groups called a parliament
Pandas come in groups called a bamboo
Parrots come in groups called a company, or pandemonium
Peacocks come in groups called a muster, ostentation, or pride
Penguins come in groups called a colony, rookery, huddle, crèche,
Pheasants come in groups called a nest, nye, nide, or bouquet
Pigs come in groups called a drift, drove, singular, sounder, team, passel, drift, or parcel
Puppies come in groups called a litter; piddle
Quail come in groups called a Bevy, covey
Raccoons come in groups called a gaze
Ravens come in groups called a unkindness, or storytelling
Rhinoceroses come in groups called a crash, or stubbornness
Sharks come in groups called a shiver, school, or shoal
Tigers come in groups called a streak, or ambush
Turtles come in groups called a bale, nest, turn, or dole
Unicorns come in groups called a blessing
Vultures come in groups called a venue or kettle
Whales come in groups called a pod, gam, herd, school, or mob
Wolves come in groups called a pack, route, or rout
Woodpeckers come in groups called a descent
Zebras come in groups called a Crossing, Zeal, Cohorts, or Herd
Eagles come in groups called a convocation
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