英语单词

herd是什么意思

herd

英 [hɜːd] 美 [hɝd]
  • n. 兽群,畜群;放牧人
  • vi. 成群,聚在一起
  • vt. 放牧;使成群
  • n. (Herd)人名;(英、芬)赫德

助记提示


herd 牧群,兽群——heard听见(hear的过去式)
口诀:我听见远处有牧群的声音。

中文词源


herd 牧群,放牧

来自PIE*kerdh,兽群,牧群。

英文词源


herd
herd: [OE] Herd is part of a widespread Indo- European family of words denoting ‘group’ (others include Sanskrit çárdhas ‘troop, multitude’ and Welsh cordd ‘tribe, family’). It goes back to an Indo-European *kherdhā-, whose Germanic descendant *kherthō produced German herde, Swedish and Danish hjord, and English herd. Herd ‘herdsman’, now found only in compounds such as shepherd and goatherd, is a different word, albeit derived from the same Germanic source. Its Germanic relatives are German hirte, Swedish herde, and Danish hyrde.
herd (n.)
Old English heord "herd, flock," from Proto-Germanic *herdo- (cognates: Old Norse hjorð, Old High German herta, German Herde, Gothic hairda "herd"), from PIE *kerdh- "a row, group, herd" (cognates: Sanskrit śárdhah "herd, troop," Old Church Slavonic čreda "herd," Greek korthys "heap," Lithuanian kerdžius "shepherd"). Herd instinct in psychology is first recorded 1908.
herd (v.)
mid-13c., “to watch over or herd (livestock);” of animals, “to gather in a herd, to form a flock,” late 14c., from herd (n.). Related: Herded; herding.

双语例句


1. Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep.
斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A herd of elephants lolloped across the plains towards a watering hole.
一群大象缓慢而笨拙地穿过平原,朝水潭走去。

来自柯林斯例句

3. a herd of bison
一群野牛

来自《权威词典》

4. a herd of cattle
一群牛

来自《权威词典》

5. a herd of deer
一群鹿

来自《权威词典》

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