shepherd

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈʃɛpəd/    /ˈʃɛpəɹd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock. countable
    — It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
  2. A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.; A male sheep tender countable
  3. Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody. countable,figuratively
    — The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
  4. Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.; A male watcher/guardian/guider/leader countable,figuratively
  5. The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion. countable,figuratively
  6. The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.; A male pastor countable,figuratively
  7. A swain; a rustic male lover. countable,poetic
  8. A German Shepherd. countable
    — The dirt floor, low ceiling and unfinished stone walls were barely illuminated by candles and a dim string of green decorative lights. A nervous shepherd mix barked at me as a woman tried to calm it. When my eyes adjusted, I saw people in corners.
动词 v.
  1. To watch over; to guide. transitive
    — For me has Pain, the sentinel, / Been vigilant / To pace my plot and dwell / Within my tent; / Oft in the night with small alarms / Has stirred me out of rest, / Alert, oppressed, / Till shepherded within thine arms / And on thy breast, / O loving Lady, in the curse of Pain / I have been blest— / […]
  2. To obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds. transitive

词形变化

shepherds plural shepherds present,singular,third-person shepherding participle,present shepherded participle,past shepherded past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”).
词源 2
From Middle English schepherde, from Old English sċēaphierde, a compound of sċēap (“sheep”) and hierde (“herdsman”), equivalent to modern sheep + herd (“herder”).
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