| 单词 | to ride herd on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ride herd on (also over) k. to ride herd on (also over) North American (chiefly regional (western)): to guard and control (a herd of cattle) on horseback; (usually in extended use) to keep guard over, be in charge of, tend. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] wieldOE i-weldeOE onwaldOE overwieldlOE amaistera1250 underlaya1300 daunt1303 underbringc1320 yoke?c1335 undercasta1340 afaitec1350 faite1362 subjecta1382 to make subjectc1384 distraina1400 underlouta1400 underthewa1400 underset1422 subjectc1460 subjuge?1473 submise?1473 dompt1480 suppedit?1483 to keep under1486 abandon1487 bandon?a1500 suppeditatec1545 to bring under1563 reduce1569 assubject1579 overpower1597 envassal1606 assubjugate1609 vassal1612 subact1619 vassalize1647 vassalate1659 to school down1818 to ride herd on (also over)1895 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [verb (transitive)] > herd cattle punch1859 bull-whack1869 night-herd1885 rally1888 to ride herd on (also over)1895 point1903 ring1935 1895 N.Y. Times 9 June 32/7 I goes, aimin' to sorter ride herd on Bill, which his disposition is some free an' various an' liable to mix him into trouble. 1902 A. H. Lewis Wolfville Nights xviii. 266 I'm romancin' leesurly along the street when I encounters a party who's ridin' herd on one of these yere telescopes. 1940 Variety 3 Apr. 39 The name bands are come on for the record jockeys who ride herd over not only Decca records but all the others. 1973 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 11 Aug. 7/1 I was riding herd on a hundred head of beeves. 2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 17 Dec. 28/2 For 4 1/2 years Arafat..rode herd over terrorists, following a spate of 1996 Hamas bus bombings and lasting until the intifada. < as lemmas |
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