lamb
n
1
(a) [C] young sheep 羔羊; 小羊. =>illus at sheep 见sheep插图. Cf 参看 ewe.
(b) [U] its flesh as food 小羊肉; 羔羊肉: a leg of lamb 羔羊腿肉
[attrib 作定语]
lamb chops 小羊排. Cf 参看 mutton.
2 (infml 口) gentle or dear person 温顺的人; 亲爱的人.
3 (idm 习语) one may/might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as a lamb => hang1. like a lamb (to the slaughter) without resisting or protesting 不加反抗; 驯服地
She surprised us all on her first day of school by going off like a lamb. 我们感到惊奇的是开学第一天她就乖乖地上学去了. mutton dressed as lamb => mutton. lamb, v [I]
1 (of a ewe) give birth to lambs (指母羊)产羔羊
lambing ewes 产羔羊的母羊.
2 (of a farmer) tend ewes doing this (指农民)照料母羊产羔
the lambing season, ie when lambs are born 产羔羊的季节.
maten. (工人间的)伙伴,同事,老兄,老弟〔工人,水手间的亲密称呼〕;配偶〔男女任何一方〕,动物之偶(尤指鸟类),(一对中的)一只,配对物;[医学](军医等的)助手;[航海](商船的)大副,驾驶员;
vt.& vi. (使)成为配偶;(使)交配;(一对动物或鸟)交配;交尾(~ with sth);