shepherding
present participle ofshepherd
| 单词 | shepherding |
| 释义 | shepherding present participle ofshepherd shepherd verb[Tusually+ adv/prep] uk/ˈʃep.əd/us/ˈʃep.ɚd/shepherdverb[T usually + adv/prep](PEOPLE)to make agroupofpeoplemoveto where youwantthem to go,especiallyin akind,helpful, andcarefulway: He shepherded theoldpeopletowards thediningroom. Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way
shepherdverb[T usually + adv/prep](SHEEP)tomovesheepfrom oneplaceto another: Thedogsshepherded thesheepinto thepens. Animal farming - general words
Examplesofshepherdingshepherding In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But they also benefited because the penniless and hung-over shepherds returned for another year of interminably monotonousshepherding. From theCambridge English Corpus Inshepherdingits preferred candidates into premierships, the national party involved itself in protracted negotiations with local and regional elements of the party. From theCambridge English Corpus Pastoralists learned from experience and informal diffusion of knowledge, that there were distinct financial advantages in paddocking sheep rather thanshepherdingthem. From theCambridge English Corpus Many of the early fences were brush or log, and many squatters went directly fromshepherdingto wire fences. From theCambridge English Corpus With strychnine controlling dingoes, and better land tenure, conditions were ripe for the end ofshepherding. From theCambridge English Corpus As sheep became more numerous by the 1830s, there were too few convicts for all theshepherding, so ticket-of-leave men and emancipists were employed. From theCambridge English Corpus During the gold rushes, at least some wives and children took overshepherdingwhile the male was off at the diggings. From theCambridge English Corpus Shepherdingwas slow, unskilled, interminably monotonous, safe and done on foot. From theCambridge English Corpus Althoughshepherdingnow seems quaint, it was and remains an ideal sheep management system under a broad range of social, cultural and environmental conditions. From theCambridge English Corpus Subsequent legislation varied the conditions, but the essential requirement of fencing remained, thus hastening the spread of fences, and the end ofshepherding. From theCambridge English Corpus There is some irony that earlier observers criticisedshepherdingfrom fixed huts and hurdle yards as causing similar problems. From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately, there are no statistics before 1886 showing the change in management fromshepherdingto paddocking. From theCambridge English Corpus It was the sedentary nature ofshepherdingthat led to many problems recognised by early flockowners, and pre-conditioned them to accept more readily some of the subsequent changes. From theCambridge English Corpus When the country was first taken up in the fifties it was pretty much all alike; and in theshepherdingtimes, which continued up to about 1874, when fencing began. From theCambridge English Corpus Allied to the central myth are several others, masquerading as explanations for the transition fromshepherdingto fencing. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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