ride herd on

短语

骑在马上看管（牛群）, 管理, 监督

发音

AU

词形变化

ridden herd on rides herd on 三单 rides herd on riding herd on rode herd on riding herd on 现在分词 rode herd on 过去式 ridden herd on 过去式 ridden herd on 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To supervise.

    美国 习语 及物

    As the new editor, his job is to ride herd on the staff and check on the tone of the articles.

    2013, Lori Wilde, Love at First Sight She'd gotten swept up in running the B&B and riding herd on her sister, Zoey, but she'd kept the faith.

词汇关系

动词

上位词 2

sit ride

词源

From the cowboy task of driving cattle while riding along with them.

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