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单词 murmuration
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Definition of murmuration in English:

murmuration

noun məːməːˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌmərməˈrāSHən
  • 1A flock of starlings.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many of these, including tiding of magpies, murmuration of starlings, unkindness of ravens, and exaltation of larks, are poetic inventions that one can trace back to the fifteenth century.
    • Once a murmuration gets this large, the best way to get rid of them is through a major concerted effort, as officials were doing Monday evening, he said.
    • These displays, known as murmurations, are a frequently observed but little understood phenomenon and can involve up to 3 million birds at a time; a vast squadron of cackling artists picking out geometric symphonies led on by forces we can't even begin to understand.
    • I mentioned to Bruce that his photo got the old gears turning and he responded by telling me about the " murmurations’ he was watching from his living room in the sky.
  • 2literary mass noun The action of murmuring.

    the murmuration of a flock of warblers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The way it builds from an initial murmuration of clarinets is not unlike the way Palimpsest I proceeds.
    Synonyms
    hum, humming, buzz, buzzing, whir, thrum, thrumming, drone, sigh

Origin

Late Middle English: from French, from Latin murmuratio(n-), from murmurare 'to murmur'. The usage as a collective noun dates from the late 15th century.

 
 

Definition of murmuration in US English:

murmuration

nounˌmərməˈrāSHən
  • 1A flock of starlings.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These displays, known as murmurations, are a frequently observed but little understood phenomenon and can involve up to 3 million birds at a time; a vast squadron of cackling artists picking out geometric symphonies led on by forces we can't even begin to understand.
    • Once a murmuration gets this large, the best way to get rid of them is through a major concerted effort, as officials were doing Monday evening, he said.
    • Many of these, including tiding of magpies, murmuration of starlings, unkindness of ravens, and exaltation of larks, are poetic inventions that one can trace back to the fifteenth century.
    • I mentioned to Bruce that his photo got the old gears turning and he responded by telling me about the " murmurations’ he was watching from his living room in the sky.
  • 2literary The action of murmuring.

    the murmuration of a flock of warblers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The way it builds from an initial murmuration of clarinets is not unlike the way Palimpsest I proceeds.
    Synonyms
    hum, humming, buzz, buzzing, whir, thrum, thrumming, drone, sigh

Origin

Late Middle English: from French, from Latin murmuratio(n-), from murmurare ‘to murmur’. The usage as a collective noun dates from the late 15th century.

 
 
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