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词汇 swineherd
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Definition of swineherd in English:

swineherd

nounˈswʌɪnhəːdˈswaɪnˌhərd
historical
  • A person who tends pigs.

    〈主史〉猪饲养员;猪倌

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Before he was crowned, however, he paid the rent by working as an alcohol researcher, swineherd, grape-picker, tax-collector and journalist.
    • Most of those men would give their daughters to brothels and their sons to swineherds before they'd even think of tolerating me.
    • This is the island Odysseus keeps claiming he is from when he lies to his family and the swineherd.
    • He escaped from the ship and hid in a thicket and then wandered into the forest where he found the hut of the swineherd.
    • In Hungary, evil swineherds might order their pigs to attack you, so steer clear of the woods.
    • The swineherd gives the bow to Odysseus and the suitors yell at him.
    • While this continues, the swineherd is leading Odysseus into the town.
    • In 1068 the Domesday Book recorded a population of 650 people, including 28 slaves, 45 smallholders and 23 swineherds.
    • She advises that when he gets to Ithaca he should stay one night with the swineherd.
    • The church was dedicated to St Anthony of Egypt, patron saint of swineherds and of charcoal burners, a trade carried out on the fell for many years in the past.
    • Nothing was too trivial to merit her attention: the choice of an assistant to the vilicus, the punishment of a drunken swineherd, the design of a stone-cart, the mixing of honey with the dinner-wine.
    • The swineherd is responsible for many swine, which are vulnerable to thieves.
    • Back in 1386, a swineherd by the name of John the Foundling was so upset by the number of travellers who froze to death on the pass between Stuben and St Anton that he built a hospice to shelter them.
    • One livestock disease detected in several Nebraska swineherds is pseudorabies.
    • I claim a background that includes Native Americans, Scottish swineherds, Rom, Egyptian papyrus farmers, and, of course, Proud Basques.
    • But we saw no one, not even a swineherd driving his pigs into the oak groves about us.

Origin

Old English, from swine + obsolete herd 'herdsman'.

Definition of swineherd in US English:

swineherd

nounˈswīnˌhərdˈswaɪnˌhərd
historical
  • A person who tends pigs.

    〈主史〉猪饲养员;猪倌

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The swineherd gives the bow to Odysseus and the suitors yell at him.
    • In Hungary, evil swineherds might order their pigs to attack you, so steer clear of the woods.
    • The swineherd is responsible for many swine, which are vulnerable to thieves.
    • This is the island Odysseus keeps claiming he is from when he lies to his family and the swineherd.
    • I claim a background that includes Native Americans, Scottish swineherds, Rom, Egyptian papyrus farmers, and, of course, Proud Basques.
    • Before he was crowned, however, he paid the rent by working as an alcohol researcher, swineherd, grape-picker, tax-collector and journalist.
    • One livestock disease detected in several Nebraska swineherds is pseudorabies.
    • Back in 1386, a swineherd by the name of John the Foundling was so upset by the number of travellers who froze to death on the pass between Stuben and St Anton that he built a hospice to shelter them.
    • But we saw no one, not even a swineherd driving his pigs into the oak groves about us.
    • Nothing was too trivial to merit her attention: the choice of an assistant to the vilicus, the punishment of a drunken swineherd, the design of a stone-cart, the mixing of honey with the dinner-wine.
    • He escaped from the ship and hid in a thicket and then wandered into the forest where he found the hut of the swineherd.
    • Most of those men would give their daughters to brothels and their sons to swineherds before they'd even think of tolerating me.
    • While this continues, the swineherd is leading Odysseus into the town.
    • She advises that when he gets to Ithaca he should stay one night with the swineherd.
    • In 1068 the Domesday Book recorded a population of 650 people, including 28 slaves, 45 smallholders and 23 swineherds.
    • The church was dedicated to St Anthony of Egypt, patron saint of swineherds and of charcoal burners, a trade carried out on the fell for many years in the past.

Origin

Old English, from swine + obsolete herd ‘herdsman’.

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