名詞 herd:

1. a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
2. a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
3. a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
   同義詞：ruck

動(dòng)詞 herd:

1. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
   同義詞：crowd
2. move together, like a herd
3. keep, move, or drive animals

1. The children came galumphing into the house like a herd of elephants.
   孩子們像一群大象一樣亂哄哄地闖進(jìn)房子里。
2. The herd must be culled.
   必須有選擇地殺掉部分牧畜。
3. "The herd of sheep were running towards the house, but we headed them towards the field?"
   ＂這群羊正朝那座房子跑去，但我們使他們改朝田野前進(jìn)。＂
4. The herdsman looks after a herd of animals.
   牧人放牧著一群牲畜。
5. The photographer took a photo of a herd of elephants.
   這位攝影師拍了一張象群的照片。

herd

n.（名詞）

A group of cattle or other domestic animals of a single kind kept together for a specific purpose.
牧群：為了某種特定目的而養(yǎng)在一起的牛群或其他同種家養(yǎng)動(dòng)物群
A number of wild animals of one species that remain together as a group:
獸群：作為一組放在一起的許多只某種野生動(dòng)物：
例句：
a herd of elephants.See Synonyms at flock
一群大象參見(jiàn) flock

A large number of people; a crowd:
一群：許多人；一群人：
例句：
a herd of stranded passengers.
一群處于困境的旅客

The multitude of common people regarded as a mass:
民眾：被看作群眾的許多普通人：
例句：
.It is the luxurious and dissipated who set the fashions which the herd so diligently follow.(Henry David Thoreau)
.是奢侈和放蕩的人制造了民眾孜孜不倦地追求的時(shí)尚.(亨利·戴維·梭羅)

v.（動(dòng)詞）
herd.ed,herd.ing,herds
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To come together in a herd:
聚在一起：聚成一群：
例句：
The sheep herded for warmth.
羊聚成一群以取暖

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To gather, keep, or drive (animals) in a herd.
使…集在一起，把…趕在一起：召集、看守、驅(qū)趕（動(dòng)物）使之成為一群
To tend (sheep or cattle).
牧放（羊群或牛群）：使入群
To gather and place into a group or mass:
使成群：召集或把…放入一組或一群：
例句：
herded the children into the auditorium.
使孩子成群地進(jìn)入禮堂

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old English heord
源自 古英語(yǔ) heord