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

• A herd of goats was nibbling the turf around the base of the tower
  一群山羊在啃塔基四周的草皮。
• Predators? Were a threat to the herd.
  食肉动物对牧群是个威胁。
• They are individuals; they will not follow the herd.
  他们是独立的个体，不愿随大溜。
• He began to herd the prisoners out
  他开始将犯人集中在一起赶出来。
• The young bull horned the old cow out of the herd.
  小公牛用角把老母牛从牛群中顶了出去。
• That is the herd of elephants which destroyed the farmer's crops.
  那是破坏了农夫的农作物的象群。
• We saw a herd of elephants yesterday.
  昨天我们见到了一群大象。
• 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。
• Another example of economic behaviour that may have deep evolutionary roots is the "herd" mentality that contributes to financial bubbles.
  经济行为的另一个具有深厚进化论根基的例子，就是引起金融泡沫的“羊群效应”。
• A goat had strayed from the herd.
  一只山羊离开了羊群。