a group of animals of the same type that live and feed together 兽群；牧群 a herd of cows/deer/elephants 一群牛／鹿／象 a beef/dairy herd 肉牛群；奶牛群
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsc1The animals tend to graze in a herd. 这些动物喜欢成群地吃草。 Zebras live in herds with a dominant stallion as the herd leader. 斑马是群居动物，每一群由一匹强势雄马带领。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- huge
- large
- …
- instinct
- in a/the herd
- herd of
- a member of a herd
- (usually disapproving)
a large group of people of the same type 人群；芸芸众生 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？ They hired a thundering herd of corporate executives. 他们雇用了一群杰出的公司管理人员。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- common
- thundering
- follow
- stand apart from
- stand out from
- …
- instinct
- mentality
Word OriginOld English heord, of Germanic origin; related to German Herde.
Idioms
ride herd on somebody/something
- (North American English, informal)
to keep watch or control over somebody/something 监视；对某人／某物严加控制 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