sheep
noun/ʃiːp/
(plural sheep)
Слово англійською: sheep
Переклад sheep українською: вівця́, вівча́рство
Детальний опис
- an animal with a thick coat, kept on farms for its meat (called mutton or lamb) or its wool
- a flock of sheep
- Sheep were grazing in the fields.
- sheep farmers
- These leaves are toxic to cattle and sheep.
Word OriginOld English scēp, scǣp, scēap, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaap and German Schaf.
Idioms
count sheep
- to imagine that sheep are jumping over a fence and to count them, as a way of getting to sleep
like sheep
- (disapproving) if people behave like sheep, they all do what the others are doing, without thinking for themselves
(you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as (for) a lamb
- (saying) if you are going to be punished for doing something wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing
sort out/separate the sheep from the goats
- to recognize the difference between people who are good at something, intelligent, etc. and those who are not
a wolf in sheep’s clothing
- a person who seems to be friendly or not likely to cause any harm but is really an enemy