[N-COUNT 可数名词]兽群;畜群 A herd is a large group of animals of one kind that live together.
[oft n N]
...large herds of elephant and buffalo.
大群的大象和水牛
...dairy herds.
奶牛群
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[N-SING 单数名词](缺乏独立思想的)一般民众,芸芸众生 If you say that someone has joined the herd or follows the herd, you are criticizing them because you think that they behave just like everyone else and do not think for themselves.
[the N]
[disapproval]
They are individuals; they will not follow the herd.
他们是独立的个体,不愿随大溜。
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[VERB 动词]使集在一起;把…赶在一起 If you herd people somewhere, you make them move there in a group.
[V n prep/adv]
He began to herd the prisoners out...
他开始将犯人集中在一起赶出来。
The group was herded into a bus.
这群人被赶上了一辆公共汽车。
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[VERB 动词]驱赶,牧放(畜群) If you herd animals, you make them move along as a group.
[V n]
[V n prep/adv]
Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep...
斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。
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。
Oxford
herd/hɜːd; NAmEhɜːrd/
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verb
herdherdsherdedherdingnoun1a group of animals of the same type that live and feed together 兽群;牧群◆a herd of cows/deer/elephants一群牛╱鹿╱象◆a beef/dairy herd肉牛群;奶牛群☞compare
flock
n. (1 )2( usually disapproving) a large group of people of the same type 人群;芸芸众生◆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。◆the common herd(= ordinary people)普通百姓◆Why follow the herd(= do and think the same as everyone else)?为什么随大溜呢?IDIOMsee
ride
v.verb1[intransitive , transitive ]to move or make sb/sth move in a particular direction (使)向…移动+ adv./prep.◆We all herded on to the bus.我们全都拥上了公共汽车。herdsb/sth + adv./prep. ◆They were herded together into trucks and driven away.他们被一起赶上卡车拉走了。2[transitive ]herdsth to make animals move together as a group 牧放(牲畜、兽群)◆a shepherd herding his flock正在放羊的羊倌herd/hɜːd; NAmEhɜːrd/
LDC
herd1 noun
herd2 verb
herdherd1 /hɜːd $ hɜːrd/ ●●○ noun
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1[countable] a group of animals of one kind that live and feed together → flockherd of a herd of cattle herds of elephants► see thesaurus at
group
2the herd people generally, especially when thought of as being easily influenced by others: You have to be an individual; it’s no use running with the herd. the herd instinct (=the need to behave in the same way as everyone else does)
herd1 noun
herd2 verb
herdherd2 verb
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1[transitive always + adverb/preposition] to bring people together in a large group, especially roughly: The prisoners were herded together. I don’t want to be herded around with a lot of tourists.herd somebody into something The visitors were herded into two large halls.2[transitive] to make animals move together in a group: It was Tom’s duty to herd the cows.3something is like herding cats used to say that trying to control or organize a group of people is very difficult
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