late 15c., gagyll, with reference to both geese and women (on the notion of "chattering company"). Barnhart says possibly from Old Norse gagl "small goose, gosling, wild goose;" OED calls it "one of the many artificial terms invented in the 15th c. as distinctive collectives referring to particular animals or classes of persons." Possibly of imitative origin (compare Dutch gagelen "to chatter;" Middle English gaggle "to cackle," used of geese, attested from late 14c.). The loosened general sense of "group of people" is from 1946.
实用例句
1. They all burst out laughing, sounding like a gaggle of geese.
她们全都放声大笑, 像一群鸭子一样嘎嘎地叫着.
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2. A gaggle of journalists sit in a hotel foyer waiting impatiently.
一群乱哄哄的记者坐在酒店大堂里焦急地等待着。
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3. A gaggle of schoolgirls followed the tennis star to his car.
一群叽哩呱啦的女学生跟著网球明星到他的车子.
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4. In another hospital, I found a gaggle of rural patients crouching on the forecourt.
在另一家医院, 我一群吵闹的农村病人蹲在医院的大厅.
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5. A gaggle of screaming children waited just outside the gym, some seeking autographs.
