herd
- n.兽群;牧群;人群;芸芸众生
- v.(使)向…移动;牧放(牲畜、兽群)
复数： herds 过去式： herded 现在分词： herding 过去分词： herded 第三人称单数： herds
herdnoun
兽群；牧群
a group of animals of the same type that live and feed together
a herd of cows/deer/elephants
一群牛 / 鹿 / 象
a beef/dairy herd
肉牛 / 奶牛群
人群；芸芸众生
a large group of people of the same type
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？
to keep watch or control over sb/sth
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
verb
（使）向…移动
to move or make sb/sth move in a particular direction
We all herded on to the bus.
我们全都涌上了公共汽车。
They were herded together into trucks and driven away.
他们被一起赶上卡车开走了。
牧放（牲畜、兽群）
to make animals move together as a group
a shepherd herding his flock
正在放羊的羊倌
herd
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N-COUNT 兽群;畜群
A herd is a large group of animals of one kind that live together....large herds of elephant and buffalo.
大群的大象和水牛
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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.They are individuals; they will not follow the herd.
他们是独立的个体，不愿随大溜。
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VERB 使集在一起;把…赶在一起
If you herd people somewhere, you make them move there in a group.He began to herd the prisoners out...
他开始将犯人集中在一起赶出来。
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VERB 驱赶，牧放（畜群）
If you herd animals, you make them move along as a group.Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep...
斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。
noun
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- a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
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- a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
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- a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
- his brilliance raised him above the ruck
- the children resembled a fairy herd
- Synonym: ruck
verb
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- move together, like a herd
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- cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
- We herded the children into a spare classroom
- Synonym: crowd
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- keep, move, or drive animals
- Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?
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A large herd could wreck a train .
庞大的兽群将会使火车失事。
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and the larger the herd , the safer the individuals .
兽群越大，个体就越安全。
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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。
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Why follow the herd ?
为什么随大溜呢？
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We all herded on to the bus .
我们全都涌上了公共汽车。
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They are individuals ; they will not follow the herd .
他们是独立的个体，不愿随大溜。
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Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep
斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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He began to herd the prisoners out
他开始将犯人集中在一起赶出来。
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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。
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To save remaining herds and habitat , the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants .
为挽救现存兽群和它们的栖息地，国家公园部计划选择性捕杀2,000头大象。
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The animals are herded into a bay , then butchered
动物们被赶到一个隔间里，然后进行宰杀。
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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。
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Herds are fattening on the early clover .
家畜吃早春的苜蓿而上膘。
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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。
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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。
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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”。
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Researchers are currently testing their idea on a select herd of cattle .
研究人员目前正在一群选定的牛身上验证这一想法。
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The robots are not limited to herding and monitoring livestock .
机器人并不局限于放牧和监测牧群。
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The experiment is based upon the idea that farmers who 're protecting their herd from lions would shoot and kill lions in an effort to protect their livestock .
这一实验是基于这样一种想法，即农民为了保护牛群等牲畜免受狮子攻击，会选择射杀狮子。
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Birds flock together , fish school together , cattle herd together ... just perceiving norms is enough to cause people to adjust their behaviour in the direction of the crowd .
鸟、鱼和牛都会聚成群……仅仅感知规范就足以使人们向大众的方向调整自己的行为。
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Through satellite tracking of both the herd and the lions in the area , they will be able to determine if their psychological trickery will work to help keep farmers from shooting lions .
通过卫星对这一地区的牛群和狮子进行追踪，研究人员最终将能够确定这种心理学上的欺骗手段是否有助于阻止农民射杀狮子。
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Robots are currently under a two-year trial in Wales which will train " farmbots " to herd , monitor the health of livestock , and make sure there is enough pasture for them to graze on .
目前，威尔士正在对机器人进行为期两年的试验，该试验将训练“农业机器人”放牧，监测牲畜的健康状况，并确保有足够的牧场供它们取食。
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But herd immunity works only when nearly the whole herd joins in ．
但是，只有当几乎所有的群体都加入进来时，群体免疫才起作用。
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This is called " herd immunity " , which protects the people who get hurt easily , including those who can 't be vaccinated for medical reasons , babies too young to get vaccinated and people on whom the vaccine doesn 't work ．
这就是所谓的"群体免疫",它保护那些比较脆弱的人,比如由于医学原因不能接种疫苗的人,年纪太小无法接种疫苗的婴儿,以及接种无效的人。
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The idea of the herd of elephants made the little prince laugh .
一群大象这种想法使小王子发笑：
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For example : Managing volunteers from fourteen different organizations is like herding cats .
管理来自14个不同组织的志愿者简直像放猫一样，无从下手。
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The little boy is herding the cattle .
这个小男孩在放牛。
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