herd

n. 兽群，畜群；放牧人

vi. 成群，聚在一起

vt. 放牧；使成群

n. (Herd)人名；(英、芬)赫德

中文词源

herd 牧群，放牧

来自PIE*kerdh,兽群，牧群。

herd: herd: [OE] Herd is part of a widespread Indo- European family of words denoting ‘group’ (others include Sanskrit çárdhas ‘troop, multitude’ and Welsh cordd ‘tribe, family’). It goes back to an Indo-European *kherdhā-, whose Germanic descendant *kherthō produced German herde, Swedish and Danish hjord, and English herd. Herd ‘herdsman’, now found only in compounds such as shepherd and goatherd, is a different word, albeit derived from the same Germanic source. Its Germanic relatives are German hirte, Swedish herde, and Danish hyrde.
herd (n.): Old English heord "herd, flock," from Proto-Germanic *herdo- (cognates: Old Norse hjorð, Old High German herta, German Herde, Gothic hairda "herd"), from PIE *kerdh- "a row, group, herd" (cognates: Sanskrit śárdhah "herd, troop," Old Church Slavonic čreda "herd," Greek korthys "heap," Lithuanian kerdžius "shepherd"). Herd instinct in psychology is first recorded 1908.
herd (v.): mid-13c., âto watch over or herd (livestock);â of animals, âto gather in a herd, to form a flock,â late 14c., from herd (n.). Related: Herded; herding.

herd 牧群，兽群——heard听见（hear的过去式）口诀：我听见远处有牧群的声音。

2. 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。