herd是什么意思？

herd

英[hɜ:d] 美[hɜrd]

• n. 兽群，牧群，放牧人，<蔑>群众，民众；
• vt.& vi. 群集，纠结；
• vt. 放牧，（使）向…移动，使成群；

复数：herds;

第三人称单数：herds;

过去式：herded;

过去分词：herded;

现在分词：herding;

例句

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred. 牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• “It is the luxurious and dissipated who set the fashions which the herd so diligently follow”(Henry David Thoreau) “是奢侈和放荡的人制造了民众孜孜不倦地追求的时尚”(亨利·戴维·索罗)
• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness. 她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• The males in the herd protect the females and the young. 兽中的雄性动物保护雌性动物和幼崽。
• The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves. 那群驯鹿被一只狼群寻踪追赶上来.
• Expectorants are commonly used as a herd treatment and are administered in the drinking water. 祛痰剂常用作猪群治疗药,可加到饮水中喂给.
• The herd must be culled. 必须有选择地杀掉部分牧畜.
• How many teachers have we ready to ride herd on such a large number of children? 我们有多少教师来管束这么多的孩子 呢 ?
• The milkman selected the spotted cows, from among a herd of two hundred. 牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛.
• When the bull elephant desires sexual activity , he approaches the matriarch - led herd. 当公象发情时, 接近母象群.

同义词

• vi.
  herd的同义词之：聚集,成群
  assemble, join, gather, collect, together, flock,
• herd的同义词之：其他释义
  join, gather, resort, multitude, drive, corral, shepherd, collection, brigade, unite, together, flock, assemble, collect,

同义词解析

• 以下这些名词都有"群" 的意思
  flock：主要指鸟群、羊群；也指较小的动物群，也可指人群。
  herd：一般指大动物的群，尤指家畜的群，也可指人群。
  swarm：通常指蜜蜂、昆虫等的群。

英语六级真题

Why can't the herd be thinned the old-fashioned way?
出自-2013年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  兽群;畜群
  A herd is a large group of animals of one kind that live together.
  例句
  ...large herds of elephant and buffalo. 大群的大象和水牛 ...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 joined the herd or follows the herd, you are criticizing them because you think that they behave just like everyone else and do not think for themselves.
  例句
  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 you herd people somewhere, you make them move there in a group.
  例句
  He began to herd the prisoners out... 他开始将犯人集中在一起赶出来。 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 you herd animals, you make them move along as a group.
  例句
  Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep... 斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。 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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  兽群, 牧群
  She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness. 她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
  [the ~][贬义]民众, 群众
  “It is the luxurious and dissipated who set the fashions which the herd so diligently follow”(Henry David Thoreau) “是奢侈和放荡的人制造了民众孜孜不倦地追求的时尚”(亨利·戴维·索罗)
• vt. & vi.
  群集, 纠结
  They herded into the corner. 他们往角落里聚集。
• vt.
  放牧
  The little boy is herding the cattle. 这个小男孩在放牛。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
  2. a group of wild animals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
  3. a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things;
  "his brilliance raised him above the ruck""the children resembled a fairy herd"
• Verb
  1. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together;
  "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
  2. move together, like a herd
  3. keep, move, or drive animals;
  "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"