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lambs

UK //læmz//US //læmz//

词源

源自古英语 'lamb',与德语 'Lamm' 同源,原始日耳曼语词根为 *lambaz。

noun

❶ 指小羊,特别是未满一岁的幼羊,常用于形容温顺、无辜或易受伤害的人或事物。

“The field was full of playful lambs in spring.”

(春天田野里满是嬉戏的小羊。)

“She knitted a sweater from soft lambs' wool.”

(她用柔软的小羊羊毛织了一件毛衣。)

同义词:young sheep, lambkins, yearlings

verb

❶ 指羊产下小羊羔的行为,也可比喻天真无邪地行动或表达。

“The ewe lambed twins during the night.”

(母羊在夜间产下了一对双胞胎羊羔。)

“Farmers help sheep when they're lambing in cold weather.”

(寒冷天气里羊产羔时,农民会提供帮助。)

同义词:give birth, yean, drop

常见短语

like lambs to the slaughter — 形容人毫无戒备地陷入危险或困境,像待宰的羔羊一样顺从。

“The naive investors went into the scam like lambs to the slaughter.”

(天真的投资者像待宰的羔羊一样落入骗局。)

march lambs — 指早春时节出生的小羊,常与天气谚语相关。

“March lambs indicate an early spring according to folklore.”

(民间传说三月羊羔预示着早春来临。)