sheep

noun

/ʃiːp/

(plural sheep)

Idioms

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。
- sheep farmers养羊的农民
- These leaves are toxic to cattle and sheep.这些叶子对牛羊有毒。
compare ewe, lamb, ram see also black sheep
- My grandfather used to raise sheep in Australia.我祖父曾在澳大利亚养过羊。
- The dogs herded the sheep into the pen.狗把羊群赶进了羊圈。
- a 4 000-acre sheep station in New South Wales新南威尔士占地 4,000 英亩的大牧羊场
- (figurative) He sees it as his duty to take care of the lost sheep of the world.他视照顾尘世间迷途的羔羊为己任。
Topics Animalsa1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- hill
- mountain
- lost
- …
… of sheep
- flock
- herd
verb + sheep
- farm
- keep
- raise
- …
sheep + verb
- graze
- bleat
sheep + noun
- farm
- ranch
- station
- …
phrases
- a breed of sheep
词源Old English scēp, scǣp, scēap, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaap and German Schaf.

Idioms

count sheep

to 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

like sheep

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

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

(saying) if you are going to be punished for doing something 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

sort out/separate the sheep from the goats

to recognize the difference between people who are good at something, intelligent, etc. and those who are not区分能手与常人；分清智者和庸人

a wolf in sheep’s clothing

a person who seems to be friendly or not likely to cause any harm but is really an enemy披着羊皮的狼

词汇	sheep
释义	sheep noun /ʃiːp/ /ʃiːp/ (plural sheep) Idioms 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。 sheep farmers养羊的农民 These leaves are toxic to cattle and sheep.这些叶子对牛羊有毒。 compare ewe, lamb, ram see also black sheep My grandfather used to raise sheep in Australia.我祖父曾在澳大利亚养过羊。 The dogs herded the sheep into the pen.狗把羊群赶进了羊圈。 a 4 000-acre sheep station in New South Wales新南威尔士占地 4,000 英亩的大牧羊场 (figurative) He sees it as his duty to take care of the lost sheep of the world.他视照顾尘世间迷途的羔羊为己任。 Topics Animalsa1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective hill mountain lost … … of sheep flock herd verb + sheep farm keep raise … sheep + verb graze bleat sheep + noun farm ranch station … phrases a breed of sheep 词源Old English scēp, scǣp, scēap, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaap and German Schaf. Idioms count sheep to 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 like sheep (disapproving) if people behave like sheep, they all do what the others are doing, without thinking for themselves盲从 (you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as (for) a lamb (saying) if you are going to be punished for doing something 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 sort out/separate the sheep from the goats to recognize the difference between people who are good at something, intelligent, etc. and those who are not区分能手与常人；分清智者和庸人 a wolf in sheep’s clothing a person who seems to be friendly or not likely to cause any harm but is really an enemy披着羊皮的狼
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