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black sheep
black sheepn.1. A sheep with black fleece.2. One who is considered disreputable or disgraceful by his or her relatives or associates.black sheep n a person who is regarded as a disgrace or failure by his family or peer group black′ sheep′
n. a person who causes shame or embarrassment because of deviation from the accepted standards of his or her group. black sheepSomeone who brings disgrace, especially to a family; from the idea that most sheep are white and a black one would be both conspicuous and undesirable.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  black sheep - a reckless and unprincipled reprobatescapegracemiscreant, reprobate - a person without moral scruples | | 2. |  black sheep - sheep with a black coat sheep - woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat |
black sheepnoun disgrace, rebel, maverick, outcast, renegade, dropout, prodigal, individualist, nonconformist, ne'er-do-well, reprobate, wastrel, bad egg (old-fashioned informal), wrong 'un (informal) the black sheep of the familyTranslationsblack (blӕk) adjective1. of the colour in which these words are printed. black paint. 黑色的 黑色的2. without light. a black night; The night was black and starless. 黑暗的 黑暗的3. dirty. Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal. 髒污的 弄脏的4. without milk. black coffee. 不加奶的 不加奶的5. evil. black magic. 邪惡的 邪恶的6. (often offensive. currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent. (貶意)黑人的 （贬意）黑人的 7. (especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves). (尤在南非)有色的(人種) （尤在南非）有色的（人种） noun1. the colour in which these words are printed. Black and white are opposites. 黑色 黑色2. something (eg paint) black in colour. I've used up all the black. 黑顏料 黑颜料3. (often with capital. often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent. 黑人 黑人 verb to make black. 使變黑 变黑ˈblackness noun 黑色 黑色，黑暗 ˈblacken verb1. to make or become black. The sky blackened before the storm. 使...變黑，變黑 使变黑，把…弄黑 2. to make to seem bad. She blackened his character. 誹謗 诋毁3. to clean with black polish. He blackened his boots. 用黑鞋油刷亮(鞋靴) 用黑鞋油刷亮（鞋靴） black art/magic magic performed for evil reasons. He tries to practise black magic. 妖術 妖术ˈblackbird noun a dark-coloured bird of the thrush family. (英)畫眉，(美)燕八哥 画眉，燕八哥 ˈblackboard noun a dark-coloured board for writing on in chalk (used especially in schools). 黑板 黑板black box a built-in machine for automatic recording of the details of a plane's flight. They found the black box two miles away from the wreckage of the crashed plane. 黑盒子，飛行記錄器 黑匣子（装配在飞机上的电子自动记录仪器） the Black Death noun the plague that killed large numbers of people in Europe in the 14th to 18th centuries. 黑死病 黑死病black eye an eye with bad bruising around it (eg from a punch). George gave me a black eye. 鼻青眼腫 发青的眼圈ˈblackhead noun a small black-topped lump in a pore of the skin, especially of the face. 黑頭粉刺 黑头粉刺ˈblacklist noun a list of people who are out of favour etc. 黑名單 黑名单 verb to put (a person etc) on such a list. 將(某人等)列入黑名單 把 ... 列入黑名单ˈblackmail verb to obtain money illegally from (a person), usually by threatening to make known something which the victim wants to keep secret. 向...勒索 勒索 noun the act of blackmailing. money got by blackmail. 敲詐 勒索，敲诈 ˈblackmailer noun 勒索者 勒索者，敲诈者 Black Maria (məˈraiə) a prison van. The policeman took the three suspects to the police station in a Black Maria. 囚車 囚车black market (a place for) the illegal buying and selling, at high prices, of goods that are scarce, rationed etc. coffee on the black market. 黑市 黑市black marketeer a person who sells goods on the black market. 黑市商人 黑市商人ˈblackout noun1. a period of darkness produced by putting out all lights. Accidents increase during a blackout. 停電 停电，断电 2. a ban (on news etc). a blackout of news about the coup. 封鎖(新聞等) （新闻的）封锁 3. a period of unconsciousness. He has had several blackouts during his illness. 暫時失去知覺 暂时的意识丧失4. a brief, temporary loss of memory, as when an actor forgets his/her lines. 暫時失去記憶 暂时失去记忆5. (also outage) a period of a general power failure. 停電期間 停电期间6. (in the theatre) the putting out of the stage lights at the end of a scene etc. (劇院)劇終熄燈 （剧院）剧终熄灯 black sheep a member of a family or group who is unsatisfactory in some way. My brother is the black sheep of the family. 敗家子 害群之马，败家子 ˈblacksmith noun a person who makes and repairs by hand things made of iron. The blacksmith made a new shoe for the horse. 鐵匠 铁匠black and blue badly bruised. After the fight the boy was all black and blue. (被打的)遍體鱗傷，青一塊紫一塊 （被打的）遍体鳞伤，青一快紫一块 black out to lose consciousness. He blacked out for almost a minute. 失去知覺 失去知觉in black and white in writing or print. Would you put that down in black and white? 寫出，印出 写出，印出 black sheep
black sheepOne who is unlike other members of a family, group, or organization, sometimes due to intentional rebelliousness, and often viewed unfavorably by them. (Sometimes used in the expanded phrase "the black sheep of the family.") Everyone likes me because I'm so quiet and obedient. The same cannot be said for my wild cousin Nathan, who's been the black sheep since we were kids. The studio is proving to be quite the black sheep of the movie industry, making big-budget films that fly in the face of Hollywood's conventions.See also: black, sheepblack sheepThe least reputable member of a group; a disgrace. For example, Uncle Fritz was the black sheep of the family; we always thought he emigrated to Argentina to avoid jail . This metaphor is based on the idea that black sheep were less valuable than white ones because it was more difficult to dye their wool different colors. Also, in the 16th century, their color was considered the devil's mark. By the 18th century the term was widely used as it is today, for the odd member of a group. See also: black, sheepthe black sheep or the black sheep of the family COMMON If you describe someone as the black sheep or the black sheep of the family, you mean that the other people in their family disapprove of them and consider their behaviour to be bad. `I was always the black sheep,' he says. `Everyone else stayed in New Jersey but I was the one to go.' My uncle was the black sheep of the family and we were never encouraged to talk about him. Note: Black sheep are less valuable than white sheep since their wool cannot be dyed. In addition, people used to associate the colour black with evil. See also: black, sheepthe black sheep a person considered to have brought discredit upon a family or other group; a bad character.See also: black, sheepa/the black ˈsheep (of the family) a person who is different from the rest of their family or another group, and who is considered bad or embarrassing: Debbie is the black sheep of the family, having left home at seventeen to live with her boyfriend.Shepherds used to dislike black sheep because their wool was not as valuable as white wool.See also: black, sheepblack sheepA deviant or eccentric; the least successful, least admirable member of a group. Black sheep were long considered less valuable than white ones because their wool could not readily be dyed. Several sixteenth-century writers wrote of the black sheep as a dangerous (“perilous”) animal, among them John Lyly. In the eighteenth century, the application to the human deviant became common. Sir Walter Scott wrote, “The curates know best the black sheep of the flock” (1816), and “the black sheep of the family” was an increasingly common way of singling out the odd member.See also: black, sheepblack sheepA disreputable or unloved family member. Since the majority of domestic sheep have white fleece, a black one would be different from the rest of the flock. And because the word “black” has a historically strong negative connotation, one of that color would be unwanted (in real life, sheep farmers don't like them because black fleece, which can't be dyed, is less commercially valuable). In the age of politically correct speech, the phrase is now infrequently used, and that's not because family members now get along in greater harmony than they once did.See also: black, sheepEncyclopediaSeeblackblack sheep
Related to black sheep: Black Sheep of the FamilySynonyms for black sheepnoun disgraceSynonyms- disgrace
- rebel
- maverick
- outcast
- renegade
- dropout
- prodigal
- individualist
- nonconformist
- ne'er-do-well
- reprobate
- wastrel
- bad egg
- wrong 'un
Synonyms for black sheepnoun a reckless and unprincipled reprobateSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun sheep with a black coatRelated Words |