This flashcard defines "sheep" as a farm animal covered in thick, curly hair called wool, typically raised for its wool or meat.
It also notes the figurative use of "sheep" to describe people who follow others' actions without independent thought.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]羊;绵羊 A sheep is a farm animal which is covered with thick curly hair called wool. Sheep are kept for their wool or for their meat.
...grassland on which a flock of sheep were grazing.
有一群羊正在吃草的草场
2
[N-PLURAL 复数名词]盲从者;随波逐流者 If you say that a group of people are like sheep, you disapprove of them because if one person does something, all the others copy that person.
[usu like N]
[disapproval]
3
See also:
black sheep
;
Oxford
sheep★/ʃiːp; NAmEʃiːp/noun(pluralsheep)an animal with a thick coat, kept on farms for its meat (called
mutton
or
lamb
) or its wool 羊;绵羊◆a flock of sheep一群羊◆Sheep were grazing in the fields.羊在野地里吃草。☞compare
ewe
,
lamb
,
ram
n. (1 )☞see also
black sheep
IDIOMSlike ˈsheep( disapproving) if people behave like sheep,they all do what the others are doing, without thinking for themselves 盲从(不独立思考)sort out/separate the ˌsheep from the ˈgoatsto distinguish people who are good at sth, intelligent, etc. from those who are not 区分能手与常人;分清智者和庸人☞more at
1sheep (1)a farm animal that is kept for its wool and its meat: Sheep were grazing on the hillside. a sheep farmerflock of sheep (=a group of sheep) →
lamb1
2 like sheep if people behave like sheep, they do not think independently, but follow what everyone else does or thinks: Tourists were led around like sheep, from shrine to souvenir shop.3make sheep’s eyes at somebody old-fashioned to look at someone in a way that shows you love them →
black sheep
, → count sheep
at count1(14)
, → separate the sheep from the goats
at separate2(9)
, → a wolf in sheep’s clothing
at wolf1(2)
WDF
sheep
[ʃi:p]
CET4CET6TEM4考研
n4243
6729
654
1992
2148
965
970
NOUN4949
191160
Spoken:
245214678
羊(63%),绵羊(26%),羊皮(11%)
n.羊,绵羊;胆小鬼
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