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sheepFi:pn [C]pl sheep a farm animal, with thick esp. whitish-coloured hair, that eats grass, and which is kept for its hair, skin and meat绵羊，羊Wool comes from sheep.羊毛从羊身上来。There was a flock (= group) of sheep on the hillside.小山的斜坡上有一群绵羊。We heard the sheep bleating/baaing in the field.我们听见绵羊在田野里咩咩地叫。(disapproving) If you say that a group of people are (like) sheep, you mean that they all behave in the same way or all behave as they are told, because they are not able or do not want to think or act independently.受人摆布的人，懦弱的人The politicians are like sheep, all afraid to act first, waiting to be told what to do.这些政客们都是些胆小鬼，害怕带头行动，就等着别人告诉他们做什么。(Br and Aus) To separate/tell/sort (out) the sheep from the goats is to make clear which people in a particular group are of a higher ability than the others.明辨优劣、好坏The uphill stages of the race will sort the sheep from the goats.赛车上坡那一段会拉开选手们的差距。(Aus) A sheep station is a large farm on which sheep are kept.大牧羊场 [EWE, LAMB, MUTTON, RAM]
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