sheep

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sheep /ʃiːp/ ●●● S2 W3 noun (plural sheep) [countable]  1  HBAa farm animal that is kept for its wool and its meat 羊，绵羊 Sheep were grazing on the hillside. 羊群在山坡上吃草。 a sheep farmer 养羊的农民flock of sheep (=a group of sheep) 羊群 → lamb12  like sheep if people behave like sheep, they do not think independently, but follow what everyone else does or thinks 盲从，不独立思考 Tourists were led around like sheep, from shrine to souvenir shop. 游客就像羊群一般被领着一会儿到神庙，一会儿到纪念品商店。3. make sheep’s eyes at somebody old-fashioned to look at someone in a way that shows you love them 用充满爱意的眼神看某人，向某人送秋波54 separate the sheep from the goats BrE to find out which people are intelligent, skilful, successful etc, and which are not【英】 分出优劣，辨明好坏 This test should really separate the sheep from the goats.这次考试应该能清楚地分出高下来。 → 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)

Examples from the Corpus

sheep• The 17,248 sheep in attendance never got things to eardrum-shattering decibels, which was both unusual and a relief.• Her father left things with her for mending, like a sheep leaves its wool on a fence, in passing.• a sheep ranch• When we stepped on board we found the boat largely occupied by sheep, always very smelly companions in a steamer.• He and a Boston friend bought a ranch in Laramie and raised sheep, then steer, on the open range.• The real problem, they say, is overgrazing by the sheep.• He says that if you hold the sheep properly, it won't struggle.flock of sheep• Their expressions were drained of personality which gave them the family resemblance possessed by a flock of sheep.• Four men-at-arms rode alongside, and bringing up the rear was another monk herding a flock of sheep and goats.• A flock of sheep grazed in one green pasture, across the fence from a herd of contented Guernseys.• She said she has a small enough flock of sheep to be able to remember their names and personalities.• Here and there, shepherds guide flocks of sheep through shaded valleys.• She was alone with her little flock of sheep, her companions a long way behind.• She was depressed and suffering nightmares about the starving flock of sheep found abandoned near her villa.• The flock of sheep had panicked into a shambling run.Origin sheep Old English sceap

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sheep S2 W3 /ʃiːp/ noun (plural sheep) [countable]1.
  a farm animal that is kept for its wool and its meat:
    Sheep were grazing on the hillside.
    a sheep farmer
    flock 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.
3. separate the sheep from the goats British English to find out which people are intelligent, skilful, successful etc, and which are not:
    This test should really separate the sheep from the goats.
4. make 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(12), ⇨ a wolf in sheep’s clothing at wolf¹(2)

🔑 sheepBrE /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 noun, ram noun (1)  ➡  see also black sheep ●like ˈsheep(disapproving) if people behave like sheep, they all do what the others are doing, without thinking for themselves 盲从●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●count ˈsheepto imagine that sheep are jumping over a fence and to count them, as a way of getting to sleep 数（假想中跳过栅栏的）羊以求入睡●(you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a ˌsheep as (for) a ˈlamb(saying) 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 与其偷羊羔被绞死，不如偷只羊；一不做，二不休●a wolf in sheep's ˈclothinga person who seems to be friendly or harmless but is really an enemy 披着羊皮的狼