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Herd N Gather Herb Cognates German Hə:D N.兽群;V.聚集

单词 herd
音标 [hə:d]
解释 n.兽群;v.聚集
红宝书 【英】 n. 兽群(a number of cattle, etc.)v. 聚集(to gather together)
【例】 to herb the cows to the corrals/to herb cattle for a living
字源 herd (n.)
Old English heord "herd, flock," from Proto-Germanic *herdo- (cognates: Old Norse hjorð, Old High German herta, German Herde, Gothic hairda "herd"), from PIE *kerdh- "a row, group, herd" (cognates: Sanskrit śárdhah "herd, troop," Old Church Slavonic čreda "herd," Greek korthys "heap," Lithuanian kerdžius "shepherd"). Herd instinct in psychology is first recorded 1908.
herd (v.)
mid-13c., “to watch over or herd (livestock);” of animals, “to gather in a herd, to form a flock,” late 14c., from herd (n.). Related: Herded; herding.
不择手段背单词 n. 兽群; 牧群(养在一起的牛群或其他家养动物群); v 聚集; 放牧
【参】herdsman(n 牧者; 牧人)
趣味全助记 【记】shepherd (sheep + herd)牧羊人;音:(吆)喝的;

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