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- a large group of animals, especially hoofed mammals, that live, feed, or migrate together or are kept together as livestock（尤指有蹄的哺乳动物）兽群, 牧群：
a herd of elephants
一群象
large farms with big dairy herds.
有大群奶牛的大农场。
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- derogatory a large group of people, typically with a shared characteristic〈贬〉（多指有共同特征的）人群：
I dodged herds of joggers and cyclists
我躲闪着一群群慢跑者和骑自行车的人
he is not of the common herd.
他非等闲之辈。
with adverbial of direction
1- move in a particular direction（沿一特定方向）移动：
with obj. the visitors were herded into two large halls参观者被领进两个大厅
no obj. we all herded into a storage room.我们成群结队进了储藏室。
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- with obj. keep or look after (livestock)放牧, 照看（牲畜）。
词源
Old English heord, of Germanic origin; related to German Herde.