| 单词 | herding |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈherding ˈherding n. association in herds, congregation; also in combinations, as herding-place. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animals collectively > [noun] > assembling herding1709 aggregation1805 packing1879 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Sensus Communis: Ess. Freedom of Wit 68 If Eating and Drinking be natural, Herding is so too. 1805 P. Wakefield Domest. Recreat. (1806) xiii. 195 Man, who is a herding, and not a solitary animal. 1860 Mercantile Marine Mag. 7 211 The herding places of vast numbers of amphibious animals. ˈherding ˈherding adj. gathering in herds, gregarious. ΚΠ 1743 H. Fielding Ess. Conversat. in Misc. I. 118 The tamer and gentler, the herding and flocking Parts of the Creation. ˈherding ˈherding n. the tending of sheep and cattle. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > herding herd-work1166 herding1733 stock-riding1872 herdsmanship1889 1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scotl. 37 In the Summer we must be at the Expence of Herding, to save our Grass from being destroyed by our Neighbours Beasts. 1802 C. Findlater Gen. View Agric. County of Peebles 195 The principles of herding are, to allocate, to each particular flock, separate walks upon the farm for each season of the year. 1871 Daily News 27 Feb. Single whales often broke away..and required a good deal of herding to prevent their escape into the sound. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xviii. 215 The Mongols have much solitary travelling and herding. < as lemmas |
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