murmuration

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌmɜːməˈɹeɪʃən/    美 /ˌmɝməˈɹeɪʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act or instance of murmuring. countable,uncountable
  2. A flock of starlings, in particular when swarming in swirling patterns. collective,countable,uncountable
    — "Oh! I wasted most of my morning crawling to a murmuration of starlings, which I foolishly mistook for congregation of plover."
  3. An emergent order in a multi-agent social system. countable,uncountable

词形变化

murmurations plural

词源

1350–1400; Medieval Latin murmuratio (“murmuring, grumbling”), equivalent to murmur + -ation. The “flock of starlings” sense is probably derived from the sound of the very large groups that starlings form at dusk.
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