herd
noun[C,+ sing/pl verb]
uk/hɜːd/us/hɝːd/alargegroupofanimalsof the sametypethatliveandfeedtogether:
兽群;牧群a herdofcattle/elephants/goats一群牛/大象/山羊
mainlydisapproving
alargegroupofpeoplethat isconsideredtogether as agroupand notseparately:
芸芸众生,人群Poor Janine - she justfollowsthe herd(= does what all the otherpeopleare doing).可怜的雅尼娜——她只是在随大流。
Animal groupings
- bevy
- biomass
- brood
- colony
- colony collapse
- colony collapse disorder
- drove
- flight
- flock
- gaggle
- hive
- menagerie
- murder
- murmuration
- pack
- pod
- school
- shoal
- swarm
- team
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Groups of people
herd
verb
uk/hɜːd/us/hɝːd/[IorT,+ adv/prep]
to makeanimalsmovetogether as agroup:
(将…)赶成一群,放牧Anoldwoman was herding thegoats.一位老妇人正在山坡上放牧山羊。
[T+ adv/prep]mainlydisapproving
to makepeoplemovesomewhereas agroup, often againsttheirwishesor withdifficulty
(常指强迫性地)使集中在一起Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way
- accompany
- bring
- bringsomeone/somethingalong
- chaperone
- come
- come along
- convoy
- direct
- docent
- escort
- guide
- lead
- march
- referral
- showsomeonearound (something)
- showsomeoneoversomething
- showsomeoneround(something)
- squire
- steer
- stick tosomeonelike glueidiom
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Animal farming - general words
Idiom
like herding cats