drover
/ˈdrəʊvə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈdrəʊvər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈdrō-vər/ (ame, mw)
drover — 名詞
- droversingular
- droversplural
1. a person employed in former times to walk cattle or sheep across country, guidin
趕畜人
在過去徒步趕送牲畜至市場的人
a person employed in former times to walk cattle or sheep across country, guiding herds to market or to new pasture
Old Tomás worked as a drover, guiding cattle across the Welsh hills each autumn.
老Tomás以趕畜為生，每年秋天趕著牛群穿過威爾士的山丘。
worked as a + [occupation]
The drover led Mr. Chen's sheep along the dusty road toward the market town.
趕畜人領著陳先生的羊群，沿著塵土飛揚的道路走向市集小鎮。
Ingrid's great-uncle was a drover who walked herds from Scotland all the way to London.
Ingrid的伯公是一名趕畜人，曾徒步將畜群從蘇格蘭一路趕到倫敦。
Before railways arrived, a drover could spend weeks moving a single herd to market.
在鐵路出現之前，趕畜人運送一群牲畜到市場就可能花上好幾個星期。
Tired and sunburnt, the drover finally reached the cattle yards at dawn.
又累又曬傷的趕畜人終於在黎明時分抵達了牛欄。