
n.獸群;牧人;群
vt.放牧;群集;使 ... 成群,把…趕到一起
vi.聚在一起
A large herd could wreck a train. 龐大的獸群將會(huì)使火車失事。
The report of the gun will scare the herd. 槍聲會(huì)驚嚇獸群。
The herdsman looks after a herd of animals. 牧人放牧著一群牲畜。
We saw a herd of elephants yesterday. 昨天我們見到了一群大象。
We saw a herd of deer of twenty. 我們看見一群二十只的鹿。
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)Dogs are often trained to herd sheep. 狗常被訓(xùn)練來放羊。
We must herd the enemy troops together and annihilate them. 我們必須聚敵而殲滅之。
Our orders were to herd them here and wait for his signal. 我們的任務(wù)就是把它們聚集到這里然后等待他的信號。
This would be the result of what is known as herd protection. 這個(gè)結(jié)果就是著名的成群保護(hù)。
He put his ear to the floor and listened to the herd of buffaloes that raced across the prairie. 他把耳朵貼在地板上,屏息傾聽著成群的野牛奔過草原。
用作不及物動(dòng)詞 (vi.)You should not herd with the man as him. 你不應(yīng)和他那樣的人來往。
herd的基本意思是“照看”“把牲畜趕在一起”,也可指“放牧”。
herd是及物動(dòng)詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。
herd后常接介詞in〔into〕,表示趕進(jìn)、領(lǐng)進(jìn)。
herd本身含有together的意思,所以有些學(xué)者認(rèn)為含有herd的句子中,不宜使用together。