lamb

Word family

Related topics: Animals, Food, dish

lamb1 /læm/ S3 noun → lam

[countableC]HBA a young sheep 羔羊，小羊

2 [uncountableU]DFF the meat of a young sheep 羔羊肉 → mutton

roast lamb

烤羊肉

a leg of lamb

一条羊腿

lamb chop/cutlet/stew etc 羊排/炖羊肉等

3 [countableC] spokenLIKE somebody OR something used to talk to or talk about someone who is gentle and lovable, especially a child 温柔可爱的人〔尤指小孩〕

Ben’s asleep now, the little lamb.

本正在睡觉，像可爱的小羔羊。

4. like a lamb to the slaughter used when someone is going to do something dangerous, but they do not realize it or have no choice 像待宰的羔羊〔指面临危险而未觉察或别无选择者〕

5 like a lamb OBEYquietly and without any argument 似羔羊般顺从地

Suzie went off to school like a lamb today.

苏齐今天乖乖地去上学了。

Examples from the Corpus

like a lamb• He felt he had taken his only child like a lamb to the slaughter.• While others were being lionised he conducted himself like a lamb or even a mouse.• March, according to the weather proverb, comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.• Suzie went off to school like a lamb today.• I certainly don't like lamb for three meals running.

→ mutton dressed as lamb at mutton(2)

Examples from the Corpus

lamb• lamb stew• In spite of his bad temper, Norman can sometimes be a lamb.• Classifications of sheep are lamb, yearling mutton, and mutton.• There were 810 breeding ewes, ewe lambs, and rams on offer.• Eild ewes are those which are not in lamb.• The traditional filling is a spicy mixture of minced lamb or beef, tomato and onion.• To decide to buy hamburger instead of sirloin steak, or leg of lamb, or shrimp is not easy either.• Akiko, the minister cried, the sins of the body will be washed away by the blood of the lamb.

lamb chop/cutlet/stew etc• It's easy to see the fat on a lamb chop - and easy to cut it off.• Then I went up to the store and bought lamb chops for dinner.• I cradled the bottom of the paper bag containing my lamb chops.• I collapse over my lamb chops and have to be put to bed.• There was a choice of vegetarian lasagne or lamb stew with baked potatoes, sweet corn and garlic bread.• Apart from the inevitable sausages, there were numerous chicken pieces, lamb chops and cubed steak on skewers.• Faith has asked for two high quality lamb chops and steak.• Sometime between the lamb chops and the chocolate mousse, Maestro Domingo presented his illustrious cast.

Related topics: Agriculture

lamb2 verb [intransitiveI]

TAto give birth to lambs 生产羊羔，产羔

The ewes are lambing this week.

本周母羊将要产羊羔。

—lambing noun [uncountableU]

the lambing season

产羊羔的季节

Examples from the Corpus

lamb• In April, the demands on farm labour peaked with lambing often coinciding with other spring work.• Many flocks were now lambing twice per year.

lambing season• Off-trail hiking and camping were restricted during the January-through-April lambing season.• The walk should only be undertaken from June 1 until October 31 so that the vitally important calving and lambing seasons remain undisturbed.• Spotlight on Fallbrook It's currently lambing season, which ends in May.

Origin lamb1

Old English

lamb1 nounlamb2 verb

Chinese

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