herd

noun

1. 兽群；牧群
   a group of animals of the same type that live and feed together
   1. a herd of cows/deer/elephants
      一群牛 / 鹿 / 象
   2. a beef/dairy herd
      肉牛 / 奶牛群
2. 人群；芸芸众生
   a large group of people of the same type
   1. 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。
   2. the common herd (= ordinary people)
      普通百姓
   3. Why follow the herd (= do and think the same as everyone else) ?
      为什么随大溜呢？

verb

1. （使）向…移动
   to move or make sb/sth move in a particular direction
   1. We all herded on to the bus.
      我们全都涌上了公共汽车。
   2. They were herded together into trucks and driven away.
      他们被一起赶上卡车开走了。
2. 牧放（牲畜、兽群）
   to make animals move together as a group
   1. a shepherd herding his flock
      正在放羊的羊倌

1. N-COUNT 兽群;畜群
   A herd is 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
2. N-SING （缺乏独立思想的）一般民众，芸芸众生
   If you say that someone has joined the herd or follows the 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。
3. VERB 使集在一起;把…赶在一起
   If you herd people 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。
4. VERB 驱赶，牧放（畜群）
   If you herd animals, 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。

1. Under the banner of education, we herd our children from ballet to basketball and back again.
   打着教育的旗号，我们赶鸭子上架似的让孩子从芭蕾到篮球，不停地学这个学那个。
2. Dr Russel is creating an elite herd by cross-breeding goats from around the globe.
   拉塞尔博士正通过把全球各地的山羊品种进行杂交来培育一个优良种群。
3. They are individuals; they will not follow the herd.
   他们是独立的个体，不愿随大溜。
4. He began to herd the prisoners out
   他开始将犯人集中在一起赶出来。
5. The group was herded into a bus.
   这群人被赶上了一辆公共汽车。
6. Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep
   斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. A herd of goats was nibbling the turf around the base of the tower
   一群山羊在啃塔基四周的草皮。
10. His herd of 170 dairy cattle and 200 young stock are kept on the land.
    他那170头奶牛和200头乳牛都在那块地上圈养。
11. Another example of economic behaviour that may have deep evolutionary roots is the "herd" mentality that contributes to financial bubbles.
    经济行为的另一个具有深厚进化论根基的例子，就是引起金融泡沫的“羊群效应”。
12. The first mate sighted a herd of whales ahead to the left of the boat.
    大副发现船的左前方有鲸鱼群。
13. The males in the herd protect the females and the young.
    兽中的雄性动物保护雌性动物和幼崽。
14. Theodore Roosevelt once fired a rancher who stole some neighboring cattle and added them to Roosevelts herd.
    罗斯福有一次开除了他的牧场主，因为那位牧场主偷了邻居的牛，然后把它们放到了罗斯福的牛群中。
15. The young bull horned the old cow out of the herd.
    小公牛用角把老母牛从牛群中顶了出去。
16. That is the herd of elephants which destroyed the farmer's crops.
    那是破坏了农夫的农作物的象群。
17. But it also reflects herd behaviour in financial markets.
    但这也反映出了金融市场的羊群效应。
18. Predators? Were a threat to the herd.
    食肉动物对牧群是个威胁。
19. You herd all the burros in that thicket there.
    你把所有的驴子放到那边的灌木丛中。
20. Moral hazard and herd behaviour are natural consequences.
    道德风险和羊群效应是自然的结果。
21. Must've separated from some herd.
    肯定是和某个马群走散了。
22. But I also understand that sometimes you have to cull the weak from the herd.
    不过我也理解有时候你们得从兽群中剔除弱者。
23. On weekends, I would herd our buffalo with my friends.
    在周末，我会和我的朋友聚集我们的水牛。
24. The herd is the highest social group which we can observe among animals.
    群是我们在动物中所能看到的最高的社会集团。
25. She could tell them that she was stuck in a herd of cattle.
    她可以告诉他们，她被一群牛挡住了。
26. They kept pigs, chickens and a herd of jerseys on their farm.
    他们在农场里养了猪、鸡和一群泽西种乳牛。
27. They would stay with this herd of animals.
    他们会与这群动物在一起。
28. He has a flock of sheep and a herd of cattle.
    他有一群羊和一群牛。
29. A goat had strayed from the herd.
    一只山羊离开了羊群。
30. We saw a herd of elephants yesterday.
    昨天我们见到了一群大象。

n.

ride herd on sb/sth

• 监视；对某人 / 某物严加控制
  to keep watch or control over sb/sth
  1. 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

noun

1. a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans

2. a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra

3. a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
   1. his brilliance raised him above the ruck
   2. the children resembled a fairy herd

   Synonym:    ruck

verb

1. move together, like a herd

2. cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
   1. We herded the children into a spare classroom

   Synonym:    crowd

3. keep, move, or drive animals
   1. Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?