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goatherd

/goht-hurd/US // ˈgoʊtˌhɜrd //UK // (ˈɡəʊtˌhɜːd) //

牧羊人,牧羊者,牧人,牧民

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who tends goats.

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Examples

  • Her baby, when born, is exposed as being illegitimate, but found by a goatherd and brought up—becoming the all but deified Atys.

  • Only the one old peasant works alone: and a goatherd watching his long-haired, white goats.

  • The goatherd offered to anoint him with dust and spittle, pointing a stumpy forefinger, but Francesco was filled with disgust.

  • On this the goatherd Melanthius went by back passages to the store-room of Ulysses' house.

  • A little goatherd, leading his bleating flock, plays on a reed flute to summon a straggler from a distant crag.