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sheep

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  • n.羊;绵羊

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sheepsheep

noun

【不规则形式】pl. sheep

羊;绵羊
an animal with a thick coat, kept on farms for its meat (called mutton or lamb ) or its wool

a flock of sheep

一群羊

Sheep were grazing in the fields.

羊在野地里吃草。

compare ram n. (1)
see also black sheep
习语

sheep

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 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 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.

  • 3
    See also:black sheep

noun

1
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
2
a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
his students followed him like sheep
3
a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon

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  1. The sheep had got out and were loose on the road .

    那些羊跑出来在路上自由自在地走动。

  2. Sheep were grazing in the fields .

    羊在野地里吃草。

  3. The path was no better than a sheep track .

    那条小路简直就像是羊肠小道。

  4. The sheep are allowed to roam freely on this land .

    绵羊可以在这片地上自由走动。

  5. At clipping time sheep need to be penned .

    在剪羊毛时,需要把羊圈起来。

  6. The island is populated largely by sheep .

    这个岛的主要生物是绵羊。

  7. The minister preached a sermon on the parable of the lost sheep .

    牧师讲道时用了亡羊的比喻。

  8. The first task was to fence the wood to exclude sheep

    第一项任务就是把树林围起来不让羊进去。

  9. I 'd kinda like to have a sheep farm in New Mexico

    我有点儿想在新墨西哥州开一个牧羊场。

  10. Sheep 's milk is produced in much the same way as goat 's milk .

    绵羊奶和山羊奶的生产过程差不多。

  11. Dogs were allowed to roam free and 48 sheep were killed .

    没有对狗加以约束而让它们四处乱跑,结果有48只羊被咬死。

  12. Every summer the shepherds drive the sheep up to pasture

    每年夏天牧羊人都将羊群赶到牧场去。

  13. Sheep were munching their way through a yellow carpet of leaves .

    绵羊边吃边走,穿行在厚厚的一层黄色落叶中间。

  14. Their father was helping to dip the sheep .

    他们的父亲在帮忙给羊群洗药浴。

  15. Sheep kept getting tangled up in it and eventually the wire was removed

    不断有绵羊被那根铁丝缠住,最后就把它拆掉了。

  16. Kangaroos compete with sheep and cattle for sparse supplies of food and water

    袋鼠与牛羊争夺稀少的食物和水。

  17. Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep

    斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。

  18. More than half a million sheep are sent from Britain to Europe for slaughter every year .

    每年有50多万头羊被从英国运到欧洲宰杀。

  19. He wasn 't sure exactly how a fox could have got into the sheep 's pen .

    他不是十分确定狐狸是怎么进入羊圈的。

  20. They kept a small flock of sheep

    他们养了一小群羊。

  21. In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than anywhere else .

    在赫伯里兹,剪羊毛的时间比其他任何地方都要晚。

  22. Lambing is the climax of the sheep farmer 's year .

    一年之中,产羔期最令羊农高兴。

  23. Stone Age settlers fashioned necklaces from sheep 's teeth .

    石器时代的移居者用羊的牙做成项链。

  24. The only sounds were the distant , melancholy cries of the sheep

    只听得见远处羊群的哀鸣。

  25. tufts of wool torn from sheep by bushes and brambles .

    被矮丛林与荆棘粘下来的簇簇羊毛

  26. The hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed

    这几座山过于陡峭,不适于耕种,所以就用来牧羊了。

  27. He raised sheep when he was young .

    他年轻的时候养过羊。

  28. These sheep are specially bred for their wool .

    这些羊是专为剪取羊毛而饲养的。

  29. The sheep were turned out to graze .

    羊被放出去吃草。

  30. The sheep are browsing on the hillside .

    羊群正在山坡上吃草。

  • 习语

n.

like sheep

盲从(不独立思考)
if people behave like sheep , they all do what the others are doing, without thinking for themselves

sort out/separate the sheep from the goats

区分能手与常人;分清智者和庸人
to distinguish people who are good at sth, intelligent, etc. from those who are not

count sheep

数(假想中跳出栅栏的)羊以求入睡
to imagine that sheep are jumping over a fence and to count them, as a way of getting to sleep

(you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as (for) a lamb

与其偷羊羔被绞死,不如偷只羊;一不做,二不休
if you are going to be punished for doing sth wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing

a wolf in sheep's clothing

披着羊皮的狼
a person who seems to be friendly or harmless but is really an enemy

同义词

n.

woolly