sheep

noun

/ʃiːp/

(plural sheep)

Idioms

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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.
compare ewe, lamb, ram see also black sheep
Extra Examples
- My grandfather used to raise sheep in Australia.
- The dogs herded the sheep into the pen.
- a 4 000-acre sheep station in New South Wales
- (figurative) He sees it as his duty to take care of the lost sheep of the world.
Topics Animalsa1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- hill
- mountain
- lost
- …
… of sheep
- flock
- herd
verb + sheep
- farm
- keep
- raise
- …
sheep + verb
- graze
- bleat
sheep + noun
- farm
- ranch
- station
- …
phrases
- a breed of sheep
See full entry
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

单词	sheep
释义	sheep noun /ʃiːp/ /ʃiːp/ (plural sheep) Idioms jump to other results 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. compare ewe, lamb, ram see also black sheep Extra Examples My grandfather used to raise sheep in Australia. The dogs herded the sheep into the pen. a 4 000-acre sheep station in New South Wales (figurative) He sees it as his duty to take care of the lost sheep of the world. Topics Animalsa1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective hill mountain lost … … of sheep flock herd verb + sheep farm keep raise … sheep + verb graze bleat sheep + noun farm ranch station … phrases a breed of sheep See full entry 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
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