Herd



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 兽群; v. 聚集
• ［英］ n. 兽群 ( a number of cattle, etc.) v. 聚集 ( to gather together)
• ［例］ to herb the cows to the corrals / to herb cattle for a living

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English heord; akin to Old High German herta herd, Middle Welsh cordd troop, Lithuanian kerd?ius shepherd
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. a number of animals of one kind kept together under human control
  • b. a congregation of gregarious wild animals
• 2.
  • a.
    • (1) a group of people usually having a common bond <a herd of tourists>
    • (2) a large assemblage of like things
  • b. the undistinguished masses ; crowd <isolate the individual prophets from the herd — Norman Cousins>
• ? herdlike adjective

II. verb

• Date: 13th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to gather, lead, or drive as if in a herd <herded the children into the car>
    • b. to keep or move (animals) together
  • 2. to place in a group
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to assemble or move in a herd
  • 2. to place oneself in a group ; associate

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