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

• South America has produced the world's most spectacular successes with commercial water buffalo herds.
  在培育商业性水牛群方面，世界上要数南美洲的成就最为可观。
• 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。
• Later he made away with whole herds.
  后来他赶着整群的羊跑掉了。
• To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants.
  为挽救现存兽群和它们的栖息地，国家公园部计划选择性捕杀2,000头大象。
• 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。
• With the herds and the other new riches, a revolution came over the family.
  随着畜群和其它新的财富的出现，在家庭中便发生了革命。
• As Asian elephant herds dwindle, African elephants have become the only source of ivory.
  随着亚洲象群日渐减少，非洲大象成了象牙的唯一来源。
• 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。
• They live in small herds and feed with ostriches and other animals.
  它们成小群地生活在一起，与鸵鸟和其他动物一块儿进食。
• The king had huge stables with very large herds of cattle.
  艾丽斯国王的马群非常大，所以他有一个巨大的马厩。