单词 | herd |
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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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