sheep

英 [ʃiːp]

美 [ʃiːp]

n.  羊; 绵羊

复数：sheeps　

中考高考IELTS考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.2697 / COCA.4210

习惯用语

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

牛津词典

noun

• 羊；绵羊
  an animal with a thick coat, kept on farms for its meat (called mutton or lamb ) or its wool
  1. a flock of sheep
     一群羊
  2. Sheep were grazing in the fields.
     羊在野地里吃草。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 羊;绵羊
  Asheepis a farm animal which is covered with thick curly hair called wool. Sheep are kept for their wool or for their meat.
  1. ...grassland on which a flock of sheep were grazing.
     有一群羊正在吃草的草场
• 盲从者;随波逐流者
  If you say that a group of people are likesheep, you disapprove of them because if one person does something, all the others copy that person.
• See also:black sheep

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• Wolves worry the sheep.
  狼群撕咬绵羊。
• Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep
  斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。
• Lambing is the climax of the sheep farmer's year.
  一年之中，产羔期最令羊农高兴。