单词详解

n. [M]

A. [C] 羊，绵羊 (woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat)

He keeps a flock of sheep. 他养了一群羊。

Some children in the city can’t distinguish goat from sheep.

城里的一些孩子区别不出山羊和绵羊。

We are grazing the sheep on the hill near our home. 我们在家附近的小山上放羊。

B. [C] 害羞而忸怩的人，胆小鬼，蠢人，驯服的人 (a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision)

Are you a man or are you a sheep? 你是个男子汉,还是个懦夫？

He is as timid as a sheep. 他像绵羊一样怯懦。

相关词组

1. black sheep 败家子；害群之马

My brother is the black sheep of the family. 我弟弟是我们家的害群之马。

2. lost sheep 迷途羔羊（误入歧途的人）

So the shepherd went looking for the lost sheep until he found it.

这个牧羊人前去找那只迷失的羊，直到找着了。

3. a flock of sheep 一群羊

Grandfather used to keep a flock of sheep for a living

过去爷爷养了一群羊维持生计。

相关单词

复数：sheep