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herdsman

/hurdz-muhn/US // ˈhɜrdz mən //UK // (ˈhɜːdzmən) //

牧民,牧人,牧羊人,牧民朋友

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural herds·men.

    • : a herder; the keeper of a herd, especially of cattle or sheep.
    • : Astronomy. the constellation Boötes.

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Examples

  • To get that wildlife-friendly tag, herdsmen need to clear multiple steps — from predator-proofing pens and reporting poaching, to removing shangdongs and freeing up land for wildlife reserves.

  • The years like Great Black Oxen tread the world And God the herdsman goads them on behind.

  • The fresh imprint of a tiger's paw upon the pathway gives the same sort of feel to the Indian herdsman.

  • Galerius, an Illyrian herdsman, but exhibited more conspicuously upon the throne of empire the native barbarity of his character.

  • If a man has hired a herdsman for the cows or a shepherd for the sheep, he shall give him eight gur of corn per annum.

  • Just about sundown the stately herdsman again appeared with his motley following.

  • One of these stones, fifteen inches in diameter, broke through the roof of a cottage, and killed a herdsman and a bullock.