drover
noun [ C ] uk/ˈdrəʊ.vər/ us/ˈdroʊ.vɚ/
(旧时)赶牲口的人
(especially in the past) someone whose job is moving groups of animals, especially cattle or sheep, from one place to another
There were many hazards facing Texan cattle drovers on the Red River trail to Dodge City. 在通往道奇市的红河小道上,德克萨斯的赶牛人面临着许多危险。
The drover walked alongside the oxen, gently tapping them with his stick. 赶牛人走在牛的旁边,用棍子轻轻地打着牛。
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- In his youth he had made two journeys across the southern plains as an ox drover.
- He showed them how to swagger about his ranch house like cattle drovers.
- He could see no future in the drover's life and had travelled around the north earning his living through casual farmwork.