sheep
/ʃiːp/noun
(复同单)
1
- a domesticated ruminant mammal with a thick woolly coat and (typically only in the male) curving horns. It is kept in flocks for its wool or meat, and is proverbial for its tendency to follow others in the flock.羊, 绵羊。
1.1
- Ovis aries, family Bovidae, descended from the wild mouflon.拉丁名Ovis aries,牛科, 由野欧洲盘羊演化而来。
1.2
- a wild mammal related to this, such as the argali, bighorn, bharal, and urial盘羊; 加拿大盘羊; 岩羊; 维氏盘羊。
2
- a person who is too easily influenced or led易受人摆布者：
party members should not follow their leader like sheep.
党内成员不应像绵羊一样追随其领导人。
3
- a person regarded as a protected follower of God（得到上帝保护的）信徒。
- ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to Luke 15:6.
3.1
- a member of a minister's congregation教区教徒。
短语
count sheep
- count imaginary sheep jumping over a fence one by one in an attempt to send oneself to sleep点羊（数想象中跳过篱笆的羊以入睡）。
make sheep's eyes at someone
- look at someone in a foolishly amorous way色迷迷地傻看某人。
派生词
sheeplike
adjective词源
Old English scēp, scǣp, scēap, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaap and German Schaf.