herd

英 [hɜːd]

美 [hɜːrd]

n.  兽群; 牧群; 人群; 芸芸众生
v.  (使)向…移动; 牧放(牲畜、兽群)

复数：herds　过去分词：herded　现在分词：herding　过去式：herded　第三人称单数：herds　

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Collins.2 / BNC.5760 / COCA.5174

习惯用语

n.

ride herd on sb/sth
• 监视；对某人 / 某物严加控制
  to keep watch or control over sb/sth
• police riding herd on crowds of youths on the streets
  警方监视着街上成群结队的年轻人

牛津词典

noun

• 兽群；牧群
  a group of animals of the same type that live and feed together
  1. a herd of cows/deer/elephants
     一群牛 / 鹿 / 象
  2. a beef/dairy herd
     肉牛 / 奶牛群
• 人群；芸芸众生
  a large group of people of the same type
  1. She pushed her way through a herd of lunchtime drinkers.
     她从一群午餐时饮酒的人中间挤了过去。
  2. the common herd (= ordinary people)
     普通百姓
  3. Why follow the herd (= do and think the same as everyone else) ?
     为什么随大溜呢？

verb

• （使）向…移动
  to move or make sb/sth move in a particular direction
  1. We all herded on to the bus.
     我们全都涌上了公共汽车。
  2. They were herded together into trucks and driven away.
     他们被一起赶上卡车开走了。
• 牧放（牲畜、兽群）
  to make animals move together as a group
  1. a shepherd herding his flock
     正在放羊的羊倌

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 兽群;畜群
  Aherdis a large group of animals of one kind that live together.
  1. ...large herds of elephant and buffalo.
     大群的大象和水牛
  2. ...dairy herds.
     奶牛群
• N-SING （缺乏独立思想的）一般民众，芸芸众生
  If you say that someone has joinedthe herdor followsthe herd, you are criticizing them because you think that they behave just like everyone else and do not think for themselves.
  1. They are individuals; they will not follow the herd.
     他们是独立的个体，不愿随大溜。
• VERB 使集在一起;把…赶在一起
  If youherdpeople somewhere, you make them move there in a group.
  1. He began to herd the prisoners out...
     他开始将犯人集中在一起赶出来。
  2. The group was herded into a bus.
     这群人被赶上了一辆公共汽车。
• VERB 驱赶，牧放（畜群）
  If youherdanimals, you make them move along as a group.
  1. Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep...
     斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。
  2. A boy herded half a dozen camels down towards the water trough.
     一个男孩赶着6头骆驼朝饮水槽走去。

英英释义

noun

• a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
• a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
• a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
  1. his brilliance raised him above the ruck
  2. the children resembled a fairy herd
  Synonym:ruck

verb

• move together, like a herd
• cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
  1. We herded the children into a spare classroom
  Synonym:crowd
• keep, move, or drive animals
  1. Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?

双语例句

• They kept pigs, chickens and a herd of jerseys on their farm.
  他们在农场里养了猪、鸡和一群泽西种乳牛。
• His herd of 170 dairy cattle and 200 young stock are kept on the land.
  他那170头奶牛和200头乳牛都在那块地上圈养。
• Moral hazard and herd behaviour are natural consequences.
  道德风险和羊群效应是自然的结果。
• But I also understand that sometimes you have to cull the weak from the herd.
  不过我也理解有时候你们得从兽群中剔除弱者。
• He has a flock of sheep and a herd of cattle.
  他有一群羊和一群牛。
• You herd all the burros in that thicket there.
  你把所有的驴子放到那边的灌木丛中。
• Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep
  斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。
• They would stay with this herd of animals.
  他们会与这群动物在一起。
• We saw a herd of elephants yesterday.
  昨天我们见到了一群大象。
• She could tell them that she was stuck in a herd of cattle.
  她可以告诉他们，她被一群牛挡住了。