herd

英[hɜːd]美[hɜːrd]

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.

英语六级真题

Birds flock together, fish school together, cattle herd together.

Why can't the herd be thinned the old-fashioned way?

birds flock together, fish school together, cattle herd together...just perceiving norms is enough to cause people to adjust their behaviour in the direction of the crowd.

In addition to supplying milk from their own 85-head herd, they began to help other farmers in the area convent from conventional to certified organic and grass-fed in order to enter the Maple Hill supply chain.

Joseph's top priority became getting his hands on enough grass-fed milk to keep customers satisfied, since his own 64-cow herd wasn't going to suffice.

Researchers are currently testing their idea on a select herd of cattle.

Robots are currently under a two-year trial in Wales which will train "farmbots" to herd, monitor the health of livestock, and make sure there is enough pasture for them to graze on.

The experiment is based upon the idea that farmers who're protecting their herd from lions would shoot and kill lions in an effort to protect their livestock.

The unpredictability of global demand and the lag-time it takes to add more cows to a herd to meet demand can result in events like the recent cheese surplus.

Through satellite tracking of both the herd and the lions in the area, they will be able to determine if their psychological trickery will work to help keep farmers from shooting lions.

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.

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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.

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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

VERB

驱赶，牧放（畜群）

If you herd animals, you make them move along as a group.

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英汉词典释义

n.

兽群, 牧群

[the ~][贬义]民众, 群众

vt. & vi.

群集, 纠结

vt.

放牧

（使）向…移动

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;

Verb

1. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together;

2. move together, like a herd

3. keep, move, or drive animals;