sheep 音标拼音: [ʃ'ip]
n . 羊,懦怯之人,信徒
羊,懦怯之人,信徒
sheep n 1 :
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat 2 :
a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon 3 :
a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision ; "
his students followed him like sheep "
Sheep \
Sheep \,
n .
sing . &
pl . [
OE .
shep ,
scheep ,
AS .
sc ?
p ,
sce ['
a ]
p ;
akin to OFries .
sk ?
p ,
LG . &
D .
schaap ,
G .
schaf ,
OHG .
sc [=
a ]
f ,
Skr .
ch [=
a ]
ga . [
root ]
295 .
Cf . {
Sheepherd }.]
1 . (
Zool .)
Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus {
Ovis },
native of the higher mountains of both hemispheres ,
but most numerous in Asia .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The domestic sheep ({
Ovis aries })
varies much in size ,
in the length and texture of its wool ,
the form and size of its horns ,
the length of its tail ,
etc .
It was domesticated in prehistoric ages ,
and many distinct breeds have been produced ;
as the merinos ,
celebrated for their fine wool ;
the Cretan sheep ,
noted for their long horns ;
the fat -
tailed ,
or Turkish ,
sheep ,
remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail ,
which often has to be supported on trucks ;
the Southdowns ,
in which the horns are lacking ;
and an Asiatic breed which always has four horns .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A weak ,
bashful ,
silly fellow . --
Ainsworth .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
pl .
Fig .:
The people of God ,
as being under the government and protection of Christ ,
the great Shepherd .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Rocky mountain sheep }.(
Zool .)
See {
Bighorn }.
{
Maned sheep }. (
Zool .)
See {
Aoudad }.
{
Sheep bot } (
Zool .),
the larva of the sheep botfly .
See {
Estrus }.
{
Sheep dog } (
Zool .),
a shepherd dog ,
or collie .
{
Sheep laurel } (
Bot .),
a small North American shrub ({
Kalmia angustifolia })
with deep rose -
colored flowers in corymbs .
{
Sheep pest } (
Bot .),
an Australian plant ({
Acaena ovina })
related to the burnet .
The fruit is covered with barbed spines ,
by which it adheres to the wool of sheep .
{
Sheep run },
an extensive tract of country where sheep range and graze .
{
Sheep '
s beard } (
Bot .),
a cichoraceous herb ({
Urospermum Dalechampii })
of Southern Europe ; --
so called from the conspicuous pappus of the achenes .
{
Sheep '
s bit } (
Bot .),
a European herb ({
Jasione montana })
having much the appearance of scabious .
{
Sheep pox } (
Med .),
a contagious disease of sheep ,
characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon the skin .
{
Sheep scabious }. (
Bot .)
Same as {
Sheep '
s bit }.
{
Sheep shears },
shears in which the blades form the two ends of a steel bow ,
by the elasticity of which they open as often as pressed together by the hand in cutting ; --
so called because used to cut off the wool of sheep .
{
Sheep sorrel }. (
Bot .),
a prerennial herb ({
Rumex Acetosella })
growing naturally on poor ,
dry ,
gravelly soil .
Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel .
{
Sheep '
s -
wool } (
Zool .),
the highest grade of Florida commercial sponges ({
Spongia equina },
variety gossypina ).
{
Sheep tick } (
Zool .),
a wingless parasitic insect ({
Melophagus ovinus })
belonging to the Diptera .
It fixes its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the blood ,
leaving a swelling .
Called also {
sheep pest },
and {
sheep louse }.
{
Sheep walk },
a pasture for sheep ;
a sheep run .
{
Wild sheep }. (
Zool .)
See {
Argali }, {
Mouflon },
and {
Oorial }.
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1913 Webster ]
95 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sheep ":
Babbitt ,
Columbia ,
Karakul ,
Kerry Hill ,
Lincoln ,
Merino ,
Middle American ,
Panama ,
Philistine ,
Romeldale ,
Romney ,
Suffolk ,
Wensleydale ,
anal character ,
ape ,
assembly ,
bellwether ,
bourgeois ,
brethren ,
burgher ,
churchgoers ,
class ,
compulsive character ,
conformer ,
conformist ,
congregation ,
conventionalist ,
copier ,
copycat ,
copyist ,
counterfeiter ,
cuckoo ,
dissembler ,
dissimulator ,
echo ,
echoer ,
echoist ,
ewe ,
ewe lamb ,
faker ,
flock ,
fold ,
forger ,
formalist ,
hypocrite ,
imitator ,
impersonator ,
impostor ,
jumbuck ,
laity ,
lamb ,
lambkin ,
laymen ,
methodologist ,
middle -
class type ,
mime ,
mimer ,
mimic ,
mimicker ,
minyan ,
mocker ,
mockingbird ,
model child ,
monkey ,
mutton ,
nonclerics ,
nonordained persons ,
organization man ,
parish ,
parishioners ,
parrot ,
pedant ,
people ,
perfectionist ,
phony ,
plagiarist ,
plastic person ,
poll -
parrot ,
polly ,
polly -
parrot ,
poseur ,
precisian ,
precisianist ,
ram ,
seculars ,
simulator ,
society ,
square ,
teenybopper ,
teg ,
trimmer ,
tup ,
wether ,
yeanling ,
yes -
man A package for {symbolic mathematics },
especially {tensor analysis } and General Relativity , developed
by Inge Frick in Stockholm in the late 1970s to early 1980s .
SHEEP was implemented in {DEC -10 } {assembly language }, then in
several {LISPs }. The current version runs on {Sun }-3 and is
based on {Portable Standard LISP }.
["Sheep , a Computer Algebra System for General Relativity ",
J .E .F . Skea et al in Proc First Brazilian School on Comp Alg ,
W . Roque et al eds , Oxford U Press 1993 , v2 ].
{(http ://riaca .win .tue .nl /archive /can /SystemsOverview /Special /Tensoranalysis /SHEEP /index .html )}.
(2002 -12 -28 )Sheep are of different varieties .
Probably the flocks of Abraham and Isaac were of the wild species found still in the mountain regions of Persia and Kurdistan .
After the Exodus ,
and as a result of intercourse with surrounding nations ,
other species were no doubt introduced into the herds of the people of Israel .
They are frequently mentioned in Scripture .
The care of a shepherd over his flock is referred to as illustrating God '
s care over his people (
Ps .
23 :
1 ,
2 ;
74 :
1 ;
77 :
20 ;
Isa .
40 :
11 ;
53 :
6 ;
John 10 :
1 -
5 ,
7 -
16 ).
"
The sheep of Palestine are longer in the head than ours ,
and have tails from 5 inches broad at the narrowest part to 15 inches at the widest ,
the weight being in proportion ,
and ranging generally from 10 to 14 lbs .,
but sometimes extending to 30 lbs .
The tails are indeed huge masses of fat " (
Geikie '
s Holy Land ,
etc .).
The tail was no doubt the "
rump "
so frequently referred to in the Levitical sacrifices (
Ex .
29 :
22 ;
Lev .
3 :
9 ;
7 :
3 ;
9 :
19 ).
Sheep -
shearing was generally an occasion of great festivity (
Gen .
31 :
19 ;
38 :
12 ,
13 ;
1 Sam .
25 :
4 -
8 ,
36 ;
2 Sam .
13 :
23 -
28 ).
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Sheep - Wikipedia Sheep (pl : sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock Although the term sheep can apply to other species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to domesticated sheep
SHEEP中文 (简体)翻译:剑桥词典 - Cambridge Dictionary Sheep were grazing in the fields She was one of the country's top sheep breeders They used dogs to drive the sheep into a pen a sheep farmer sheep shearing
sheep是什么意思_sheep的翻译_音标_读音_用法_例句_爱词霸在线词典 He's always been regarded as the black sheep of the family 他总是被看成是这个家庭的不肖之子 《简明英汉词典》
Sheep | Characteristics, Breeds, Facts | Britannica A sheep is a domesticated ruminant (cud-chewing) mammal raised for its meat, milk, and wool Over 200 breeds exist, and the animals are produced dominantly in countries with large areas of grassland
sheep(英语单词)_百度百科 The furry creatures, best described as a cross between a horse and a sheep, have become an increasingly regular feature of the UK landscape despite their South American origins
Ovis - Wikipedia Its seven species are highly sociable, and are known as sheep or ovines Domestic sheep are members of the genus, and are thought to be descended from the wild mouflon of central and southwest Asia
Sheep - Animal Streets Discover the sheep (Ovis aries), a vital domesticated animal known for its wool, meat, milk, intelligence, and deep cultural and agricultural roots
初学英语的小朋友问sheep的复数形式为什么还是sheep? - 知乎 Sheep这个词是日耳曼语的固有词,其他印欧人,比如:希腊人、罗马人、法国人、俄国人、阿尔巴尼亚人、苏格兰人……,他们的语言中没有这个词。 他们用于表示绵羊的单词源自印欧语固有词*owi-,当然这个词根演化的单词在英语中也有保留,就是ewe。 不过ewe不是指绵羊,而是特指“成年母绵羊”。
Shaun the Sheep Official - YouTube Shaun is a sheep who doesn't follow the flock - in fact, he leads them into all sorts of scrapes and scraps, turning peace in the valley into mayhem in the meadow
ram,sheep和goat的区别 - 百度知道 Ram是指未被阉割的雄性绵羊,Sheep泛指绵羊,包括雄性、雌性和整个种群,而Goat指的是山羊。 在语法上,Ram和Sheep作为名词用法一致,而Goat在某些语境下也可用作形容词。