| 单词 | flocks and herds |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflocks and herds 3. esp. A number of domestic animals (chiefly, and now exclusively, of sheep or goats) kept together under the charge of one or more persons. Often used vaguely in plural for (a person's) possessions in sheep; esp. in flocks and herds = sheep and cattle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animals collectively > [noun] > herd or flock > of domestic animals herda1000 droveOE flock1340 drift?c1450 town herd1605 the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > personal or movable property > property in sheep flocka1616 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5891 I sal aske my flok of shepe Of þe hird þat had þam undir his hand. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3820 Iacob..Faand quare thre floks o beistes lai, Be-side a well. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 167/2 Floke of bestys. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 3529 The fonden shepe on his shuldres laid he & broght to flokke. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iv. 82 His Flockes, and bounds of feede Are now on sale. View more context for this quotation 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 289 He..sitting down, to milk his flocks prepares. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 107 A goat, the patriarch of the flock. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. vii. 233 The increase both of men and flocks soon occasions disputes. < as lemmas |
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