he came to see that the members of the cult were sheep who naively went along with whatever their leader dictated
Recent Examples on the WebGoats, sheep and other animals were sometimes used to feed babies directly to avoid potentially lethal contamination of milk in unsanitized bottles. Katherine Harmon Courage, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022 The children’s books featured cartoons of sheep and wolves. Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022 Rural residents beyond the village have cut back on sheep and cow herds, partly to offset the cost of hauling water and partly because there’s little grass for the livestock to eat.AZCentral.com, 6 Sep. 2022 Then there’s the shoot for a 10cc cover that involved finding a sheep and a psychiatrist’s couch and putting one atop the other … in the shallows of a lake. Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2022 Nomadic herdsmen colonized arid plains which were useless to farmers but offered sufficient grazing to support flocks of goats and sheep and droves of cattle. Adam Kuper, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 This year, sheep and cattle farmer Paige Marsh will be the fourth for the series as a whole, and the first female farmer since Channel 7 rebooted the franchise in 2019. Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 31 Aug. 2022 Begay and his 11 siblings relished tending to sheep and cattle that roamed bucolic pastures. Eli Cahan, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022 Their next project: a forest of 134 fruit and nut trees, which could eventually be maintained by sheep and chickens, with a turkey or goose to protect them. Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English scēap; akin to Old High German scāf sheep
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of sheep was before the 12th century
ADJECTIVE | ... OF SHEEP | VERB + SHEEP | SHEEP + VERB | SHEEP + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤hill, mountain山坡上的羊;大山裏的羊▸➤lost (oftenfigurative) , stray迷途羔羊◇the doleful cries of lost sheep迷途羔羊的哀鳴聲◇He sees it as his duty to take care of the lost sheep of the world.他視照顧塵世間迷途的羔羊為己任。➤dead死去的羊➤domestic, wild家養羊;野羊... OF SHEEP➤flock, herd一群綿羊VERB + SHEEP➤farm, keep, raise, rear (BrE) 飼養綿羊◇My grandfather used to raise sheep in Australia.我祖父曾在澳大利亞養過羊。➤tend, watch照看綿羊▸➤slaughter屠宰綿羊▸➤shear剪羊毛▸➤drive, herd, round up (especially BrE) 驅趕綿羊;聚攏羊群◇The dogs herded the sheep into the pen.狗把羊群趕進了羊圈。SHEEP + VERB➤graze羊吃草◇There were a lot of sheep grazing high up on the mountain.很多羊在山坡高處吃草。➤bleat羊咩咩叫SHEEP + NOUN➤farm, ranch, station牧羊場;大牧羊場◇a 4 000-acre sheep station in New South Wales新南威爾士佔地 4,000 英畝的大牧羊場➤farmer, rancher (NAmE) 牧羊場主▸➤farming, industry綿羊養殖業▸➤dip浴羊藥液;(盛有藥液的)浴羊槽▸➤dog (usually sheepdog)牧羊犬▸➤flock羊群▸➤pasture綿羊牧場➤pen羊圈▸➤shearing剪羊毛PHRASES➤a breed of sheep綿羊品種