congregate1
KK: [ˈkɑŋɡrɪˌɡеt]
DJ: [ˈkɒŋɡriˌɡеit]
vi.
- 聚集,集合
The crowds
congregated in the square to hear the president speak.
成群的人聚集在廣場上聽總統演講。
vt.
- 使聚集,使集合
辨析
congregate2
KK: [ˈkɑŋɡrɪɡɪt]
DJ: [ˈkɒŋɡriɡit]
v.
gather into a crowd or mass.
Etymology
ME: from L. congregat-, congregare ‘collect (into a flock), unite’, from con- ‘together’ + gregare (from grex, greg- ‘a flock’).