[N-COUNT 可数名词](对年幼者慈爱或怜悯的称呼)宝贝,乖乖 People sometimes use lamb when they are addressing or referring to someone who they are fond of and who is young, gentle, or unfortunate.
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She came and put her arms around me. 'You poor lamb. What's wrong?'
她走过来搂着我。“可怜的宝贝,出什么事儿啦?”
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[PHRASE 短语]温顺地;听话地;任人宰割地 If you say that people do something like lambs or like lambs to the slaughter, you mean that they do what someone wants them to do without complaining or fighting.
[lamb inflects]
The pair surrendered to him like lambs...
那两个人乖乖地向他投降。
We follow their every word like lambs to the slaughter.
我们对他们完全言听计从。
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mutton dressed as lamb→see:
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lamb/læm; NAmElæm/
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lamblambslambedlambingnoun1[countable ]a young sheep 羔羊;小羊2[uncountable ]meat from a young sheep 羊羔肉◆a leg of lamb羔羊腿肉◆lamb chops羔羊排☞compare
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3[countable ]( informal) used to describe or address sb with affection or pity (慈爱或怜悯地描述或称呼某人)宝贝,乖乖◆You poor lamb!可怜的宝贝!IDIOM(like) a lamb/lambs to the ˈslaughterused to describe people who are going to do sth dangerous without realizing it (如同)羔羊被牵往屠宰场(指将遇危险而不自觉的人)☞more at
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adv.verb[intransitive ](of a sheep 羊)to give birth to a lamb产羊羔lamb/læm; NAmElæm/
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lamb1 noun
lamb2 verb
lamblamb1 /læm/ ●●○S3 noun
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1lamb (1) [countable] a young sheep2[uncountable] the meat of a young sheep → mutton: roast lamb a leg of lamblamb chop/cutlet/stew etc3[countable] spoken used to talk to or talk about someone who is gentle and lovable, especially a child: Ben’s asleep now, the little lamb.4 like a lamb to the slaughter used when someone is going to do something dangerous, but they do not realize it or have no choice5like a lamb quietly and without any argument: Suzie went off to school like a lamb today. → mutton dressed as lamb
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lamb1 noun
lamb2 verb
lamblamb2 verb [intransitive]
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to give birth to lambs: The ewes are lambing this week.—lambing noun [uncountable]: the lambing season
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