herd
noun /hɜːd/
/hɜːrd/
[countable + singular or plural verb]Idioms - a group of animals of the same type that live and feed together
兽群；牧群 - a herd of cows/deer/elephants
一群牛／鹿／象 - a beef/dairy herd
肉牛群；奶牛群
Topics Animalsc1- The animals tend to graze in a herd.
这些动物喜欢成群地吃草。 - Zebras live in herds with a dominant stallion as the herd leader.
斑马是群居动物，每一群由一匹强势雄马带领。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- huge
- large
- …
- instinct
- in a/the herd
- herd of
- a member of a herd
- a herd of cows/deer/elephants
- (usually disapproving) a large group of people of the same type
人群；芸芸众生 - She pushed her way through a herd of lunchtime drinkers.
她从一群午餐时饮酒的人中间挤了过去。 - the common herd (= ordinary people)
普通百姓 - Why follow the herd (= do and think the same as everyone else)?
为什么随大溜呢？ - They hired a thundering herd of corporate executives.
他们雇用了一群杰出的公司管理人员。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- common
- thundering
- follow
- stand apart from
- stand out from
- …
- instinct
- mentality
- She pushed her way through a herd of lunchtime drinkers.
词源Old English heord, of Germanic origin; related to German Herde.
Idioms
ride herd on somebody/something
- (North American English, informal) to keep watch or control over somebody/something
监视；对某人／某物严加控制 - police riding herd on crowds of youths on the streets
警方监视着街上成群结队的年轻人
- police riding herd on crowds of youths on the streets