| 单词 | herds and flocks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasherds and flocks b. As contrasted with flock (see flock n.1 3), esp. in the phrase herds and flocks, herd is restricted to cattle or bovine domestic animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animals collectively > [noun] > herd or flock > as opposed to flock herd1587 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. i. 6 But the tame..doo naturally liue in flockes and heardes. 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. i. 16 Heards and flockes of cattle and sheepe perish. 1611 Bible (King James) Lev. xxvii. 32 Concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock. View more context for this quotation 1740 C. Pitt tr. Virgil Æneid I. iii. 112 Our Flocks to slaughter, and our Herds destroy. 1873 C. Robinson New S. Wales 29 Multitudinous as our flocks and herds have become. < as lemmas |
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