英语词汇“herd”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	herd
释义	herd I. \ˈhərd, ˈhə̄d, ˈhəid\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English herde, herd, from Old English heord; akin to Old High German herta herd, Old Norse hjörth, Gothic hairda herd, Middle Welsh cordd troop, Greek korthys heap, Sanskrit śardha herd, troop 1. a. : a number of one kind of animal kept together under human care or control: as (1) : a company of one of the larger domestic animals < a herd of horses > < herds of swine > especially : such a company of domestic oxen — often contrasted with flock < patriarchs rich in herds of cattle and flocks of sheep and goats > (2) : a company of one kind of wild or semi-domesticated animals kept or bred for human use < a herd of ranch mink > < a herd of laboratory mice > b. : a congregation of gregarious wild animals: as (1) : a group of one or more kinds of usually large herbivorous mammals < a herd of elephants > < herds of antelopes darkening the African veldt > or of marine mammals < the dolphin herd playing through the swell — Sacheverell Sitwell > < herds of seal coming ashore to bear young > (2) : a school of large fish < grazing on the bottom in herds like the haddock — Rachel L. Carson > (3) : a flock of large and usually chiefly terrestrial or aquatic birds < a herd of swans > < a large herd of wild turkeys > 2. a. : a group of people usually having a common bond < entered the troop with the midwinter herd of tenderfeet — MacKinlay Kantor > b. : the whole body of mankind : the undistinguished masses : mob < isolate the individual prophets from the herd — Norman Cousins > especially : society viewed as clinging to a blind conformity of standards and behavior < the herd of mankind can hardly be said to think; their notions are almost all adoptive — Earl of Chesterfield > < a boarding school where the thirteen-year-old … helplessly watches the herd tearing to shreds the spirit of a nonconformist student — Rose Feld > 3. : a considerable quantity : large number < herds of new cars from America — Christopher Rand > II. intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English herden, from herde, herd, n. 1. a. : to come together in a herd : feed or run together < animals are in general fond of herding and grazing in company — Oliver Goldsmith > b. : to assemble or move in a group < New Yorkers … herding resignedly on subway platforms — Charlotte Devree > < when the bell rang they herded in together — Oliver La Farge > 2. : to place oneself in a group : associate < it is desirable that young noblemen should herd — Sir Walter Scott > III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English hierde, hirde, herde, from Old English hyrde, hierde; akin to Old High German hirti herdsman, Old Norse hirthir, Gothic hairdeis; derivatives from the root of English herd (I) 1. a. : one that herds domestic animals : herdsman — now used chiefly in combination < cowherd > < swineherd > b. dialect Britain : shepherd 2. [herd (IV) ] West : a tour of duty as a herdsman < a new ranch hand, on herd for the first time > < cook had flapjacks ready for the men coming off night herd > IV. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English herden, from hierde, herde, n. 1. a. : to keep (animals) together : lead, drive < dogs are often trained to herd sheep > b. : to gather, lead, or drive as if in a herd < a nation that herds fifteen millions of its own citizens into slave labor camps — James Burnham > < seventy-five boys and girls were herded by six or eight teachers — W.A.White > 2. : to place in a group : associate < herd us with their kindred fools — Jonathan Swift >
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