herd
noun · verbA1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
a herd of cattle
a herd of sheep
a herd of goats
- 2.
Any collection of animals gathered or travelling in a company.
- 3.
(derogatory, usually)(now usually derogatory) A crowd, a mass of people or things; a rabble.
I was never one to follow the herd.
- 4.
(archaic)(now rare) Someone who keeps a group of domestic animals.
Near-synonym: herdsman
Đồng nghĩa: herder, herdsman
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To unite or associate in a herd; to feed or run together, or in company.
Sheep herd on many hills.
- 2.
(transitive)To unite or associate in a herd
- 3.
(transitive)To manage, care for or guard a herd
He is employed to herd the goats.
Đồng nghĩa: wrangle
- 4.
(intransitive)To associate; to ally oneself with, or place oneself among, a group or company.
- 5.
To move, or be moved, in a group. (of both animals and people)
On alighting at the station, we were all herded over the footbridge and through a side exit.
- 6.
(Scotland, intransitive)To act as a herdsman or a shepherd.
- 7.
(transitive)To form or put into a herd.
- 8.
(transitive)To move or drive a herd.
I heard the herd of cattle being herded home from a long way away.
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Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro From Middle English herde, heerde, heorde, from Old English hierd, heord (herd, flock; keeping, care, custody), from *herdu, from Proto-Germanic *herdō (herd), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerdʰ- (file, row, herd). Cognate with Herde, hjord, hjord. Non-Germanic cognates include herdhe and krdo.