Shepherd

['ʃepəd] or ['ʃɛpɚd]

解释:

(noun.) a clergyman who watches over a group of people.

(verb.) tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats.

(verb.) watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils.

编辑:瑞伊--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.

(n.) The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others.

(v. t.) To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd.

黛尔编辑

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Herdsman (of sheep).[2]. Swain, rural lover.[3]. Pastor, minister, clergyman.

手打:莫林

解释:

n. one who herds sheep: a swain: a pastor:—fem. Shep′herdess.—v.t. to tend as a shepherd: to watch over protect the interests of or one's own interests in.—ns. Shep′herdism pastoral life; Shep′herdling a little shepherd; Shep′herd's-crook a long staff its upper end curved into a hook; Shep′herd's-dog a dog specially trained to help in tending sheep the collie or Scotch sheep-dog &c.; Shep′herd's-flute a flageolet or the like; Shep′herd's-nee′dle an annual plant called also Venus's comb; Shep′herd's-plaid -tar′tan a woollen cloth made with black and white checks: this form of pattern itself; Shep′herd's-pouch -purse an annual cruciferous plant with compressed somewhat heart-shaped seed-vessel; Shep′herd's-rod -staff a small kind of teasel.—Shepherd kings (see Hyksos).—The Good Shepherd a title of Jesus Christ (John x. 11); The Shepherds a sect of fanatical shepherds in France about 1251 A.D. eager to deliver the imprisoned Louis IX.

整理:奥利维亚