| 单词 | herd |
| 释义 | herd (once / 243 pages) nv A herd is a bunch of animals — or people who act like a bunch of animals. It's also a verb — when people herd animals, they try to keep them moving in the same direction. A herd usually refers to a group of animals with hooves, like cows or sheep (meat-eating animals like wolves cruise around in packs). On a farm, sheepdogs are in charge of herding the herd of sheep. Herds of buffalo roam the plains. It's rarely a good thing when people act like a herd, which is to do what everyone else is doing. You might want "to break away from the herd" if everyone is wearing pinwheel hats, for example. If you're having trouble getting people together, you might say it's like "herding cats." Cats never follow directions. WORD FAMILYherd: herded, herder, herding, herds+/herder: herders USAGE EXAMPLESThey say limited hunting allows for a controlled elimination of weak animals, while earning funds for fodder and other care for the herds. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) And we voters did our part, passing judgment on the candidates, thinning the herd, rejecting them one by one. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The herd typically summers northwest of Meeteetse and migrates into the Bighorn Basin in winter. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans Hypo|Hyper remuda the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen animal group a group of animals 2n a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra Hypo|Hyper gam a herd of whales animal group a group of animals 3n a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things the children resembled a fairy herd Syn|Hyper ruck concourse, multitude, throng a large gathering of people 4v keep, move, or drive animals Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies? Hypo|Hyper wrangle herd and care for keep raise 5v cause to herd, drive, or crowd together We herded the children into a spare classroom Syn|Hypo|Hyper crowd overcrowd cause to crowd together too much surchargefill to capacity with people displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 6v move together, like a herd Hyper crowd, crowd together to gather together in large numbers |
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