herd
UK [hɜ:d] US [hɝ:d] noun countable [+ sing/pl verb]
■a large group of animals of the same type that live and feed together 兽群；牧群•a herd of cattle/elephants/goats一群牛／大象／山羊 ■mainly disapproving
■a large group of people that is considered together as a group and not separately 芸芸众生，人群•Poor Janine - she just follows the herd (= does what all the other people are doing).可怜的雅尼娜——她只是在跟随主流。
UK [hɜ:d] US [hɝ:d] verb
intransitive or transitive [+ adv/prep]
■to make animals move together as a group （将…）赶成一群，放牧•A old woman was herding the goats up the mountainside.一位老妇人正在山坡上放牧山羊。 transitive + adverb or preposition mainly disapproving
■to make people move somewhere as a group, often with force or against their wishes （常指强迫性地）使集中在一起•The football fans complained that they had been herded into a small alley.足球迷抱怨说他们被集中赶进了一条小巷里。 |