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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5760 COCA: 5174

herd

Word family 
Related topics: Agriculture, Animals
herd1 /hɜːd $ hɜːrd/ ●●○ noun
1  [countableC]TAHBA a group of animals of one kind that live and feed together 〔同一種類並一同活動的〕獸群；牧群 → flock
herd of
a herd of cattle
一群牛
herds of elephants
數群大象
► see thesaurus at group
2  the herd PSpeople generally, especially when thought of as being easily influenced by others 〔易受人支配的〕民衆，老百姓，芸芸衆生
You have to be an individual; it’s no use running with the herd.
你必須特立獨行，随大溜沒有用處。
the herd instinct (=the need to behave in the same way as everyone else does)
群集本能
Examples from the Corpus
herd instinct• But there is a herd instinct.• It seems to me that the Cabinet has an obsessively self-protective herd instinct which could be its undoing.• In my view, it's the herd instinct.
Examples from the Corpus
herd• Most economists and investment advisers run in a herd.• Stedman kept a herd of goats on the island opposite.• On patrol, game warden Jay Little Hawk discovers the bodies of a herd of mutilated deer.• A herd of cattle or sheep is almost as easy to tend if it contains fifty animals as twenty-five.• When they eventually withdrew they took with them four thousand slaves and great herds of cattle.• The Shetland's main role today is in multi-suckler herds, where their dual-purpose nature is invaluable.• The herd had once consisted of 150 animals.
herd of• a herd of elephants
Related topics: Agriculture
herd2 verb
1  [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]UNITE to bring people together in a large group, especially roughly 〔尤指粗暴地〕使集合在一起
The prisoners were herded together.
犯人們被集合起來。
I don’t want to be herded around with a lot of tourists.
我不想和許多遊客一起被帶到這裏那裏的。
herd somebody into something
The visitors were herded into two large halls.
遊客們被趕進兩個大廳裏。
2  [transitiveT]TA to make animals move together in a group 放牧
It was Tom’s duty to herd the cows.
湯姆的職責是放牛。
3. something is like herding cats used to say that trying to control or organize a group of people is very difficult 某群人極難管理
Examples from the Corpus
herd• Later yet we are herded down to the basement, told to crouch and to cover our heads with our arms.• They are herded here and there, and I don't think she can cope with so many children.• Except in the case of the stallion deliberately herding his mares, this is not a question of dominance or bullying.• Sometimes the Scouts took the initiative, and inextremis Sergeant Juron herded his squad hastily.• The visitors were herded into two large halls, which were once the hotel ballroom and dining room.• Observe people being herded like cattle through airports and theaters.• Protesters were surrounded by police and herded on to school buses.• Cowboys rounded up the steers and herded them north.• William blushed a bit, so I turned his shoulders toward the staircase and herded us all in that direction.
herded together• The panic-stricken fish bolt ahead of them until a whole shoal has been herded together and trapped between the birds and the shore.
Origin herd1
Old English heord
herd1 nounherd2 verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5760 COCA: 5174
herd

noun¹

 1group of animals動物群ADJECTIVE | HERD + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤great, huge, large, vast大群➤small小群➤entire, whole整群➤national (= all the animals of a particular type in a country) (BrE) 本國種群◇Bad weather has decimated the national herd.惡劣的天氣使得國內動物種群大批死亡。➤beef, breeding, dairy菜牛群；種畜群；乳牛群◇The farm has only a small dairy herd.這座農場只有一小群奶牛。➤pedigree (BrE) 純種畜群➤wild野生動物群➤cattle, cow, elephant, etc.牛群、奶牛群、象群等HERD + NOUN➤instinct群體本能PREPOSITION➤in a/the herd成群◇The animals tend to graze in a herd.這些動物喜歡成群地吃草。➤herd of一群⋯◇a large herd of cows一大群奶牛PHRASES➤a member of a herd畜群中的一隻
herd

noun²

 2group of people人群ADJECTIVE | VERB + HERD | HERD + NOUN ADJECTIVE➤common民眾➤thundering (especially NAmE) 傑出的人◇They hired a thundering herd of corporate executives.他們僱用了一群傑出的公司管理人員。VERB + HERD➤follow從眾◇If you feel so strongly, why follow the herd (= do the same as everybody else).既然你如此堅信自己的想法，為什麼還要隨大溜？➤stand apart from, stand out from與眾不同◇She prided herself on standing out from the common herd.她為自己的出眾而自豪。HERD + NOUN➤instinct, mentality群體本能；從眾心理
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5760 COCA: 5174
herd verb
⇨ crowd herd

noun

herd ♦︎ flock ♦︎ pack ♦︎ swarmThese are all words for a group of animals of a particular kind. 這些詞均表示獸群。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a herd / flock / pack / swarm of sth◆to do sth in herds / flocks / packs / swarms◆a herd / flock of sheep◆the herd / pack instinct■ herd [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of animals of the same type that live and feed together 獸群；牧群◆a herd of cows / deer / elephants一群牛／鹿／象◆a beef / dairy herd (= cows kept on a farm for meat / milk) 一群肉牛／奶牛◆Zebras live in herds with a dominant stallion as the herd leader.斑馬是群居動物，每一群由一匹強勢雄馬帶領。ⓘ Herd is used especially to talk about animals that live in very large groups and eat grass, including cows, sheep, deer, zebras, antelope, buffalo and wildebeest. * herd尤指群居的草食動物群，搭配詞有cow、sheep、deer、zebra、antelope、buffalo和wildebeest。   see also herd ⇨ crowd verb ■ flock [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of sheep, goats or birds of the same type 羊群；鳥群◆A flock of birds passed overhead.一群鳥從頭頂飛過。◆He looks after a flock of 500 sheep.他看管一個羊群，共500只羊。   see also flock ⇨ crowd verb ■ pack [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of animals, especially dogs or wolves, that hunt together or are kept for hunting （狗或狼等成群出獵的）獸群◆Packs of savage dogs roamed the hills.成群的野狗在山裏出沒。◆Killer whales hunt in packs, as do wolves.和狼一樣，虎鲸也成群獵食。■ swarm swɔːm; NAmE swɔːrm [countable] a large group of insects, especially bees, moving together in the same direction 一大群（蜜蜂等昆蟲）◆a swarm of bees / flies / locusts一群蜜蜂／蒼蠅／蝗蟲◆A typical locust swarm can destroy around 20 000 tons of vegetation.一群正常規模的蝗蟲通常能毀壞兩萬噸左右的植物。  see also swarm ⇨ surge verb
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 5760 COCA: 5174
herd
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