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bighorn sheep nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (wild sheep) (美国西部山丘沙漠地带的一种野羊) | 大角羊 dà jiǎo yáng |
| Bighorn sheep roam wild in the Rocky Mountains. |
black sheep nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (misfit, estranged family member) (比喻) | 败家子,害群之马
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| My brother is the black sheep of the family. |
black sheep nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | literal (sheep with black wool) (本义) | 黑羊 hēi yáng |
count sheep v | (try to fall asleep) | 数绵羊 shǔ mián yáng |
| | 以数羊的方法入睡 yǐ shǔ yáng de fāng fǎ rù shuì |
| One of the best ways to fall asleep is to try to count sheep. |
mountain sheep nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | invariable (wild sheep in mountainous area) | 山地野绵羊 shān dì yě mián yáng |
sheep farm nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (place where sheep are raised) | 绵羊农场 mián yáng nóng chǎng |
| The children always enjoyed visiting the sheep farm. |
sheep farmer nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | ([sb] who raises sheep) | 牧羊人 mù yáng rén |
| | 养羊的农民 yǎng yáng de nóng mín |
| Everyone I met on the ranch in New Zealand was a sheep farmer. |
sheep farming nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (agriculture: sheep raising) | 养羊 yǎng yáng |
| Up in Idaho a lot of people try to make a little money from sheep farming. |
sheep ranch nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (large farm where sheep are raised) | 绵羊农场 mián yáng nóng chǎng |
| The large sheep ranch had over one thousand sheep. |
sheepdog, sheep dog nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (dog that herds sheep) | 牧羊犬 mù yáng quǎn |
| A huge sheepdog suddenly jumped over the fence. |
sheepfold, sheep-fold nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (pen for sheep) | 羊圈 yáng juàn |
| | 羊围栏 yáng wéi lán |
wolf in sheep's clothing nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative ([sb] dangerous who looks harmless) | 披着羊皮的狼 pī zhe yáng pí de láng |
| After he stole from the company we realized that Joe was a wolf in sheep's clothing. |