lamb
n
1
(a) [C] young sheep 羔羊; 小羊. =>illus at sheep 見sheep插圖. Cf 參看 ewe.
(b) [U] its flesh as food 小羊肉; 羔羊肉: a leg of lamb 羔羊腿肉
[attrib 作定語]
lamb chops 小羊排. Cf 參看 mutton.
2 (infml 口) gentle or dear person 溫順的人; 親愛的人.
3 (idm 習語) one may/might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as a lamb => hang1. like a lamb (to the slaughter) without resisting or protesting 不加反抗; 馴服地
She surprised us all on her first day of school by going off like a lamb. 我們感到驚奇的是開學第一天她就乖乖地上學去了. mutton dressed as lamb => mutton. lamb, v [I]
1 (of a ewe) give birth to lambs (指母羊)產羔羊
lambing ewes 產羔羊的母羊.
2 (of a farmer) tend ewes doing this (指農民)照料母羊產羔
the lambing season, ie when lambs are born 產羔羊的季節.