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Sheep ʃiːp People Animal Wool Flock Noun N

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.

此卡片定义了“sheep”(羊),即一种有厚实卷曲毛发(称为羊毛)的农场动物,常因其羊毛或肉而被饲养。 它还指出了“sheep”的引申义,即比喻盲目跟随他人行为的人。

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1
[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 ; NAmE ʃiːp / noun ( plural sheep ) 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
      IDIOMS like 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 ˈgoats to 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
      count
      v.
      ,
      well
      adv.
      ,
      wolf
      n.
      sheep / ʃiːp ; NAmE ʃiːp /
      LDC
      sheepsheep /ʃiːp/ ●●● S2 W3 noun (plural sheep) [countable]
      Word Origin
      Examples
      word sets
      Collocations
      Phrases
      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]

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      n4243
      6729
      654
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      2148
      965
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      NOUN4949
      191160

      Spoken:

      245214678
      羊(63%),绵羊(26%),羊皮(11%)
      n.羊,绵羊;胆小鬼

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