herd

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n. 兽群, 人群, 牧人 vt. 群集, 使成群, 放牧 vi. 聚在一起

发音

UK /hɜːd/
US /hɝd/

词形变化

herds 复数 herds 三单 herding 现在分词 herded 过去式 herded 过去分词

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.

    群

    a herd of cattle

    a herd of sheep

    a herd of goats

  2. 2.

    Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.

    兽群

    群

  3. 3.

    A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.

    群众

    贬义

    I was never one to follow the herd.

  4. 1.

    Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals.

    古体

    Near-synonym: herdsman

v.
  1. 1.

    To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.

    不及物

    Sheep herd on many hills.

  2. 2.

    To unite or associate in a herd

    及物
  3. 3.

    To manage, care for or guard a herd

    及物

    He is employed to herd the goats.

  4. 4.

    To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.

    不及物
  5. 5.

    To move, or be moved, in a group. (of both animals and people)

    On alighting at the station, we were all herded over the footbridge and through a side exit.

  6. 1.

    To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.

    苏格兰 不及物
  7. 2.

    To form or put into a herd.

    及物
  8. 3.

    To move or drive a herd.

    及物

    I heard the herd of cattle being herded home from a long way away.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

ruck

上位词 3

multitude throng concourse

下位词 2

gam remuda

部分词 5

sheep cattle cows oxen kine
动词

同义词 1

crowd

上位词 5

keep move crowd displace crowd together

下位词 2

wrangle overcrowd

相关短语

herd cats herd behaviour herd instinct [医] 群集本能 herd path herd immunity [医] 群体免疫 herd boar herd together 成群 herd paths herd behaviours herd immunities herd mentality herd mentalities herd boars ride herd on 骑在马上看管（牛群）, 管理, 监督 thundering herd problems

词源

From Middle English herde, heerde, heorde, from Old English hierd, heord (“herd, flock; keeping, care, custody”), from Proto-West Germanic *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō (“herd”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerdʰ- (“file, row, herd”). Cognate with German Herde, Danish hjord, Swedish hjord. Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian herdhe (“nest”) and Serbo-Croatian krdo.

来源：wiktionary