| [/læm; læm/] n 用法:
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. 用法:
2 (infml) gentle or dear person 温顺的人; 亲爱的人. 用法:
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 2
v [I] 用法:
1 (of a ewe) give birth to lambs （指母羊）产羔羊:
lambing ewes 产羔羊的母羊. 用法:
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. |