herds

英 [hɜːdz]

美 [hɜːrdz]

n.  兽群; 牧群; 人群; 芸芸众生
v.  (使)向…移动; 牧放(牲畜、兽群)
herd的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 兽群;畜群
  Aherdis a large group of animals of one kind that live together.
  1. ...large herds of elephant and buffalo.
     大群的大象和水牛
  2. ...dairy herds.
     奶牛群
• N-SING （缺乏独立思想的）一般民众，芸芸众生
  If you say that someone has joinedthe herdor followsthe herd, you are criticizing them because you think that they behave just like everyone else and do not think for themselves.
  1. They are individuals; they will not follow the herd.
     他们是独立的个体，不愿随大溜。
• VERB 使集在一起;把…赶在一起
  If youherdpeople somewhere, you make them move there in a group.
  1. He began to herd the prisoners out...
     他开始将犯人集中在一起赶出来。
  2. The group was herded into a bus.
     这群人被赶上了一辆公共汽车。
• VERB 驱赶，牧放（畜群）
  If youherdanimals, you make them move along as a group.
  1. Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep...
     斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。
  2. A boy herded half a dozen camels down towards the water trough.
     一个男孩赶着6头骆驼朝饮水槽走去。

双语例句

• Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture.
  每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。
• National Guard helicopters are dropping tons of hay to cattle herds that had been stranded in heavy snow drifts.
  国家警卫队直升飞机正在向由于大雪被困的牲畜群扔下数顿干草。
• We thought we needed large herds of high-quality cows.
  我们以前认为，我们需要大量的高质量奶牛。
• I recently met with the Maasai people, an indigenous ethnic group who rely on their herds – mostly of cattle, sheep, goats and donkeys – for their food and for their income.
  最近我遇见一些Maasai人，他们是生活于肯尼亚和坦桑尼亚的土着少数民族，以牧养牛、羊、山羊和驴子为生，这些牲畜就是他们的食物和收入来源。
• The breeding herds annually produce and sell a crop of calves.
  繁殖牛场每年生产和售出大批犊牛。
• There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture.
  我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。
• The flocks and herds were poking along, holding up the traffic.
  羊群和牛群慢悠悠地走着，堵塞了交通。
• To get his shoestrings he speculates in herds of cattle.
  为了需要他的鞋带，他投机在畜牧之中。
• Zebras roam in herds ( 2), or groups, grazing on grass and leaves.
  斑马成群地，或成队地，自由自在地走来走去，吃草和树叶。
• Later he made away with whole herds.
  后来他赶着整群的羊跑掉了。