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herd 音标拼音: [h'ɚd] n. 兽群,人群,牧人
vt. 群集,使成群,放牧
vi. 成群 兽群,人群,牧人群集,使成群,放牧成群 herd n 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; " his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; " the children resembled a fairy herd" [ synonym: { ruck}, { herd}] v 1: cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; " We herded the children into a spare classroom" [ synonym: { herd}, { crowd}] 2: move together, like a herd 3: keep, move, or drive animals; " Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?" Herd \ Herd\, n. [ OE. hirde, herde, heorde, AS. hirde, hyrde, heorde; akin to G. hirt, hirte, OHG. hirti, Icel. hir? ir, Sw. herde, Dan. hyrde, Goth. ha[' i] rdeis. See 2d { Herd}.] One who herds or assembles domestic animals; a herdsman; -- much used in composition; as, a shepherd; a goatherd, and the like. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
Herd \ Herd\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Herded}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Herding}.] [ See 2d { Herd}.] 1. To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company; as, sheep herd on many hills. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To associate; to ally one' s self with, or place one' s self among, a group or company. [ 1913 Webster] I' ll herd among his friends, and seem One of the number. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To act as a herdsman or a shepherd. [ Scot.] [ 1913 Webster]
Herd \ Herd\ ( h[~ e] rd), a. Haired. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster]
Herd \ Herd\ ( h[~ e] rd), n. [ OE. herd, heord, AS. heord; akin to OHG. herta, G. herde, Icel. hj[" o] r[ eth], Sw. hjord, Dan. hiord, Goth. ha[' i] rda; cf. Skr. [, c] ardha troop, host.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle. [ 1913 Webster] The lowing herd wind slowly o' er the lea. -- Gray. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Herd is distinguished from flock, as being chiefly applied to the larger animals. A number of cattle, when driven to market, is called a drove. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A crowd of low people; a rabble. [ 1913 Webster] But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question. -- Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster] { Herd' s grass} ( Bot.), one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See under { Grass}. [ 1913 Webster]
Herd \ Herd\, v. t. To form or put into a herd. [ 1913 Webster] 82 Moby Thesaurus words for " herd": Gyropilot, army, assemblage, assemble, automatic pilot, boatheader, boatsteerer, bunch, cage, cicerone, cluster, collect, collection, colony, congregate, corral, courier, cowherd, coxswain, crowd, crush, dragoman, drift, drive, drove, drover, flock, gam, gang, gather, gather together, goad, goatherd, group, guide, guidepost, guider, helmsman, herdsman, hoi polloi, hold the reins, horde, host, kennel, lash, litter, mass, masses, mercury, multitude, navigator, pack, pilot, pod, pointer, press, prick, pride, punch cattle, rabble, ride herd on, river pilot, round up, run, school, shepherd, shoal, skulk, sloth, spur, steer, steerer, steersman, swarm, take the helm, throng, tour director, tour guide, trip, troop, whip, wrangle |
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