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herder

/hur-der/US // ˈhɜr dər //UK // (ˈhɜːdə) //

牧民,牧人,牧羊人,牧童

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person in charge of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.

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Examples

  • The dish is generally thought to have originated in the 1800s with sheep herders in northern England or Scotland and was a thrifty meal made with leftover, minced lamb or mutton from a roast.

  • By 2015, those guns had been turned by extremist groups upon villagers, cattle herders and children in rural Burkina Faso.

  • Like Suzy, Isabelle is a natural herder and constant nipper.

  • This could lead herders into new territories, increasing the likeliness of violent clashes between humans and lions that prey on cattle.

  • They’re helping villagers build more economic muscle by assisting in the marketing of pashmina wool produced by wildlife-friendly herders.

  • This she did, choosing to write three lines by the German poet and philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder.

  • Who can explain the sixth sense that warns a night-herder of a stampede a moment before the herd jumps off the bed-ground?

  • Except for meeting a lone herder in charge of a band of sheep, they had not met a human being in the last fifty miles.

  • I can't talk Spanish, and the herder says that he no savvy 'Meriky' and it's up to me to sort and claim.

  • It was still very early in the morning when Wade arrived at the herder's camp.

  • So it is on the Long Trail you so often see the herder walking with his dogs ahead of his sheep to hold them back to feed.