herd

名词 herd:

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 mammals 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
   同义词：ruck

动词 herd:

1. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
   同义词：crowd
2. move together, like a herd
3. keep, move, or drive animals

1. The children came galumphing into the house like a herd of elephants.
   孩子们像一群大象一样乱哄哄地闯进房子里。
2. The herd must be culled.
   必须有选择地杀掉部分牧畜。
3. "The herd of sheep were running towards the house, but we headed them towards the field?"
   ＂这群羊正朝那座房子跑去，但我们使他们改朝田野前进。＂
4. The herdsman looks after a herd of animals.
   牧人放牧着一群牲畜。
5. The photographer took a photo of a herd of elephants.
   这位摄影师拍了一张象群的照片。

herd

n.（名词）

A group of cattle or other domestic animals of a single kind kept together for a specific purpose.
牧群：为了某种特定目的而养在一起的牛群或其他同种家养动物群
A number of wild animals of one species that remain together as a group:
兽群：作为一组放在一起的许多只某种野生动物：
例句：
a herd of elephants.See Synonyms at flock
一群大象参见 flock

A large number of people; a crowd:
一群：许多人；一群人：
例句：
a herd of stranded passengers.
一群处于困境的旅客

The multitude of common people regarded as a mass:
民众：被看作群众的许多普通人：
例句：
.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·梭罗)

v.（动词）
herd.ed,herd.ing,herds
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To come together in a herd:
聚在一起：聚成一群：
例句：
The sheep herded for warmth.
羊聚成一群以取暖

v.tr.（及物动词）
To gather, keep, or drive (animals) in a herd.
使…集在一起，把…赶在一起：召集、看守、驱赶（动物）使之成为一群
To tend (sheep or cattle).
牧放（羊群或牛群）：使入群
To gather and place into a group or mass:
使成群：召集或把…放入一组或一群：
例句：
herded the children into the auditorium.
使孩子成群地进入礼堂

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English heord
源自 古英语 heord