| 单词 | lamb down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lamb down 3. Of a shepherd: To tend (ewes) at lambing-time. Also, to lamb down. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep [verb (intransitive)] > tend sheep at lambing time to lamb down1850 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep or wool [verb (transitive)] > tend sheep at lambing time lamb1850 1850 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 11 i. 76 The flocks are usually lambed down about the latter end of March. 1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 ii. 574 Every shepherd considers himself an adept at lambing his ewes. 1901 N.E.D. at Lamb Mod. Advt., Wanted, a Cowman, one used to lamb-down a few Ewes preferred. lamb down 4. lamb down Australian. [? a transferred use of sense 3] transitive. extracted from lambv. a. To part with, pay down (money), esp. recklessly. Also absol. ΚΠ 1890 Argus (Melbourne) 7 June 4/2 The paying off of drovers, the selling off of horses, the ‘lambing down’ of cheques. 1890 Argus (Melbourne) 9 Aug. 4/5 The old woman, of course, thought that we were on gold, and would lamb down at the finish in her shanty. b. To induce (a person) to get rid of his money; to ‘clean out’. Also absol. ΚΠ 1873 M. Clarke Holiday Peak, etc. 21 Trowbridge's did not ‘lamb down’ so well as the Three Posts. 1890 Argus (Melbourne) 16 Aug. 4/7 One used to serve drinks in the bar, the other kept the billiard-table. Between them they lambed down more shearers and drovers than all the rest on the river. < as lemmas |
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