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A herdsman is a man whose job is to look after a herd — a group of animals that live and move together, most often cows, but also goats or other farm animals. He keeps them together, walks with them, and takes them to grass and water. Though actually, in many places today you hear farmer, rancher, or herder more often. Herdsman feels a little old-fashioned or rural, and it points to the person with the animals, not necessarily the owner of the land. The -man in the word is male in form. English has no everyday word herds-woman that people really use; herder covers anyone. A shepherd is a narrower word: sheep. A herdsman is not automatically a shepherd, and a cowboy is a later, more American picture of similar work.
牧人(看管牛群等;牧羊人是 shepherd,範圍較窄)
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Herdsmanname
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A surname.
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A suburb of Perth in the City of Stirling, Western Australia.
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The constellation Boötes.
herdsmannoun
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A person who tends livestock, especially cows and sheep; especially, the foreman among a group of such farmworkers, usually with more knowledge and experience.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。