3 an entire flock of…如何理解(为什么用entire)

I remember walking down the long hall and opening the door to my room to find an entire flock of seagulls.

上面一句摘自2021年高考的全国甲卷(全国2卷)的完形填空。不太明白an entire flock of的意思。表面上看是“一整群”,an entire flock of seagulls 意思是“一整群海鸥”,什么叫“一整群”?比如我们可以说:

an entire piece of cake 整整一块蛋糕(完整的一块)

an entire week of rain 整整下了一周的雨(没停一天)

an entire set of Shakespeare’s plays 一整套莎士比亚戏剧全集(说明一本不缺)

但是“一整群海鸥”是什么意思?“一群海鸥”有规定的数量吗?

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最佳答案 2021-07-22 00:15

同意王老师的分析。这里的 an entire flock of a large flock of 同义,我查了一下 COCA,其中 an entire flock of 8例,a large flock of12例,从用法上看,两者均表示“一大群”。(以下例句供参考,请采纳王老师的解答)

an entire flock of8例。如下:

(1) Think of it. Just one quiver of these arrows could decimate an entire flock of dragons. How are we gon na find her? …

(2) Took off on a perfectly clear day and injested an entire flock Of canada gees. The plane went down like a stone…

(3) Then, I met my alter ego -- an entire flock of flamingos! …

(4) When I got downstairs I realized AN ENTIRE FLOCK OF BIRDS had flown in the house. …

(5) In his sleep he had seen an entire flock of white birds with snapped necks, their blue tongues lolling out of beaks as…

(6) is suspended high up on the canyon wall like a modern Prometheus, an entire FLOCK of pteranodons gathering around him preparing to peck away his liver. …

(7) Were it not for my strange impulse, I would have massacred an entire flock of avian altruists as they huddled in sympathy around a helpless comrade. …

(8) The Professor's ambition was to count an entire flock of birds in flight so as to demonstrate the contrary of what…

a large flock of12例。如下:

(1) her eyelid was jerking in an ever more agitated tremor, as if a large flock of white birds were flying inches from her face. Small wonder she kept tripping…

(2) A week ago Sunday, for example, we ran across a large flock of them living in (and flying through!) the densely wooded areas underneath…

(3) So if you see it like that each book purchased meant purchasing a large flock of sheep and the services of highly skilled labor for a substantial mount of time…

(4) At one point, I looked to the north and noticed a large flock of small birds headed towards me. I quickly grabbed my binoculars and found the…

(5) A large flock of European Starlings (also known as Common Starlings) at dusk over Rome…

(6) A large flock of starlings twist into ever-changing shapes as a peregrine falcon on the left heads towards…

(7) this pilot, this plane, had the unfortunate circumstance of plowing into a large flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff, probably ingested enough of them in the engines…

(8) As she debated returning to the manor, a large flock of birds flew up from the lakeshore in a swirl of wings. She shaded…

(9) At first it looks like a large flock of birds swooping down, but then you realize it Is paper, thousands of…

(10) Their gazes were drawn upward for a moment as a large flock of birds cascaded down from the heights." Looks like it's about time…

(11) Then somebody has a large flock of worlds that need to be kept clean. An interstellar federation or union…

(12) and he was raising a large flock of white leghorns to make some money. One day, all the half-grown birds…

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王汝涛   - 英语教师
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我想这其实是个英汉表达习惯的问题。群(flock)的大小在英语和汉语里都是模糊的概念,汉语习惯上说"一大群",英语可以说 an entire/whole/huge/large flock of... 意思上差别不是很大。究竟多少为大?往往和说话人自己的判断和习惯有关。汉语比较少用“整群”的说法,但偶尔也会用到,如统计学的术语:整群抽样。所以,当你看到英语有an entire flock of ... 把它当作习惯搭配,接受它,不必作具体分析。

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