sheep

noun

1. 羊；绵羊
   an animal with a thick coat, kept on farms for its meat (called mutton or lamb ) or its wool
   1. a flock of sheep
      一群羊
   2. Sheep were grazing in the fields.
      羊在野地里吃草。

1. N-COUNT 羊;绵羊
   A sheep is a farm animal which is covered with thick curly hair called wool. Sheep are kept for their wool or for their meat.
   1. ...grassland on which a flock of sheep were grazing.
      有一群羊正在吃草的草场
2. 盲从者;随波逐流者
   If you say that a group of people are like sheep, you disapprove of them because if one person does something, all the others copy that person.
3. See also: black sheep

1. Kangaroos compete with sheep and cattle for sparse supplies of food and water
   袋鼠与牛羊争夺稀少的食物和水。
2. Their father was helping to dip the sheep.
   他们的父亲在帮忙给羊群洗药浴。
3. Every summer the shepherds drive the sheep up to pasture
   每年夏天牧羊人都将羊群赶到牧场去。
4. Stone Age settlers fashioned necklaces from sheep's teeth.
   石器时代的移居者用羊的牙做成项链。
5. The first task was to fence the wood to exclude sheep
   第一项任务就是把树林围起来不让羊进去。
6. They kept a small flock of sheep
   他们养了一小群羊。
7. Dogs were allowed to roam free and 48 sheep were killed.
   没有对狗加以约束而让它们四处乱跑，结果有48只羊被咬死。
8. The hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed
   这几座山过于陡峭，不适于耕种，所以就用来牧羊了。
9. Stefano used a motor cycle to herd the sheep
   斯特凡诺骑一辆摩托车放羊。
10. I'd kinda like to have a sheep farm in New Mexico
    我有点儿想在新墨西哥州开一个牧羊场。
11. Lambing is the climax of the sheep farmer's year.
    一年之中，产羔期最令羊农高兴。
12. The only sounds were the distant, melancholy cries of the sheep
    只听得见远处羊群的哀鸣。
13. Sheep's milk is produced in much the same way as goat's milk.
    绵羊奶和山羊奶的生产过程差不多。
14. Sheep were munching their way through a yellow carpet of leaves.
    绵羊边吃边走，穿行在厚厚的一层黄色落叶中间。
15. He wasn't sure exactly how a fox could have got into the sheep's pen.
    他不是十分确定狐狸是怎么进入羊圈的。
16. In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than anywhere else.
    在赫伯里兹，剪羊毛的时间比其他任何地方都要晚。
17. Sheep kept getting tangled up in it and eventually the wire was removed
    不断有绵羊被那根铁丝缠住，最后就把它拆掉了。
18. tufts of wool torn from sheep by bushes and brambles.
    被矮丛林与荆棘粘下来的簇簇羊毛
19. After a summer here the poorest sheep and cattle grow strong and fat.
    经过一个夏天，连最差的牛羊在这里也长得又肥又壮了。
20. There came a wealthy stock broker who cast sheep's eyes at the beautiful girl.
    那儿来了一个富有的证券经纪人，他含情脉脉地看着这位漂亮的姑娘。
21. A sheep is bleating.
    羊在咩咩叫。
22. As the owner of the factory I'm like the head of a family, and as such I can't allow any black sheep among my employees.
    我在厂里好比是一家之主，我不能容忍那种害群之马。
23. Wolves worry the sheep.
    狼群撕咬绵羊。
24. We must always go into the whys and wherefores of anything. On no account should we follow anyone like sheep.
    我们对任何事情都要问一个为什么，绝对不应盲从任何人。
25. Sheep are grazing.
    羊在吃草。
26. I saw a flock of sheep when the car passed through a village.
    当汽车行经村庄时，我看到了一群羊。
27. Close the gate of the pen properly to prevent the sheep from getting away.
    把羊圈关好，防备羊群跑掉。
28. Many farmers in this area breed cows and sheep.
    这个地区许多农民养牛和羊。
29. Tigers and sheep have quite different natures.
    老虎和羊有完全不同的天性。

n.

like sheep

• 盲从（不独立思考）
  if people behave like sheep , they all do what the others are doing, without thinking for themselves

sort out/separate the sheep from the goats

• 区分能手与常人；分清智者和庸人
  to distinguish people who are good at sth, intelligent, etc. from those who are not

count sheep

• 数（假想中跳出栅栏的）羊以求入睡
  to imagine that sheep are jumping over a fence and to count them, as a way of getting to sleep

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

• 与其偷羊羔被绞死，不如偷只羊；一不做，二不休
  if you are going to be punished for doing sth wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing

a wolf in sheep's clothing

• 披着羊皮的狼
  a person who seems to be friendly or harmless but is really an enemy

noun

1. woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

2. a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
   1. his students followed him like sheep

3. a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon