n.兽群;牧人;群
vt.放牧;群集;使 ... 成群,把…赶到一起
vi.聚在一起
A large herd could wreck a train. 庞大的兽群将会使火车失事。
The report of the gun will scare the herd. 枪声会惊吓兽群。
The herdsman looks after a herd of animals. 牧人放牧着一群牲畜。
We saw a herd of elephants yesterday. 昨天我们见到了一群大象。
We saw a herd of deer of twenty. 我们看见一群二十只的鹿。
用作及物动词 (vt.)Dogs are often trained to herd sheep. 狗常被训练来放羊。
We must herd the enemy troops together and annihilate them. 我们必须聚敌而歼灭之。
Our orders were to herd them here and wait for his signal. 我们的任务就是把它们聚集到这里然后等待他的信号。
This would be the result of what is known as herd protection. 这个结果就是著名的成群保护。
He put his ear to the floor and listened to the herd of buffaloes that raced across the prairie. 他把耳朵贴在地板上,屏息倾听着成群的野牛奔过草原。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)You should not herd with the man as him. 你不应和他那样的人来往。
herd的基本意思是“照看”“把牲畜赶在一起”,也可指“放牧”。
herd是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
herd后常接介词in〔into〕,表示赶进、领进。
herd本身含有together的意思,所以有些学者认为含有herd的句子中,不宜使用together。