Английский словарь американских идиом - sheep
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~ n plural sheep 1 a grass-eating farm animal that is kept for its wool and its meat (Sheep were grazing on the hillside. | a sheep farmer | a flock of sheep (=a group of sheep)) (- see also lamb1) 2 (often plural someone who does not think independently, but follows what everyone else does or thinks 3 separate the sheep from the goats to find out which people are intelligent, skilful, successful etc, and which are not (This test should really separate the sheep from the goats.) 4 make sheep's eyes at old-fashioned to look at someone in a way that shows you love them (- see also black sheep, count sheep count1 (2), a wolf in sheep's clothing wolf1 (2)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(sheep) 1. A sheep is a farm animal which is covered with thick curly hair called wool. Sheep are kept for their wool or for their meat. ...grassland on which a flock of sheep were grazing. N-COUNT 2. If you say that a group of people are like sheep, you disapprove of them because if one person does something, all the others copy that person. N-PLURAL: usu like N c darkgreen]disapproval 3. see also black sheep ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural ~) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceap; akin to Old High German scaf ~ Date: before 12th century 1. any of various hollow-horned typically gregarious ruminant mammals (genus Ovis) related to the goats but stockier and lacking a beard in the male; specifically one (O. aries) long domesticated especially for its flesh and wool 2. a. a timid defenseless creature b. a timid docile person; especially one easily influenced or led 3. leather prepared from the skins of ~ ; ~skin ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. same) 1 any ruminant mammal of the genus Ovis with a thick woolly coat, esp. kept in flocks for its wool or meat, and noted for its timidity. 2 a bashful, timid, or silly person. 3 (usu. in pl.) a a member of a minister's congregation. b a parishioner. Phrases and idioms separate the sheep from the goats divide into superior and inferior groups (cf. Matt. 25:33). sheep-dip 1 a preparation for cleansing sheep of vermin or preserving their wool. 2 the place where sheep are dipped in this. sheep-run an extensive sheepwalk, esp. in Australia. sheep's-bit a plant, Jasione montana, resembling a scabious. Derivatives sheeplike adj. Etymology: OE scep, sc{aelig}p, sceap ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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овца, баран; горный баран (Ovis) – Barbary sheep – bighorn sheep – blue sheep – Dall's sheep – desert sheep – Marco Polo's sheep – mountain sheep – musk sheep – Nelson sheep – Pamir sheep – red sheep – Rocky Mountain sheep – thinhorn sheep – wild sheep ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. зоол. овца (Ovis) bighorn sheep —- снежный баран (Ovis canadensis) Pamir sheep —- памирский архар (Ovis ammon polii) 2. с-х. овца, баран sheep in fleece —- неостриженная овца sheep in lamb —- суягная овца breeding sheep —- племенная овца entire male sheep —- некастрированный баран flock of sheep —- стадо овец stray sheep —- овца, отбившаяся от стада 3. робкий, застенчивый человек 4. ограниченный, безвольный человек to follow like sheep —- идти (за кем-либо) как баран; слепо повиноваться 5. шотл. унив. жарг. второкурсник 6. выделанная баранья кожа; овчина 7. церк. паства lost sheep —- библ. заблудшая овца; грешник to separate the sheep from the goats —- отделить овец от козлищ Id: wolf in sheep's clothing —- волк в овечьей шкуре Id: a sheep among wolves —- овечка среди волков Id: as a sheep among the shearers —- как овца, отдающая себя на заклание Id: a scabbed sheep will mar the flock —- паршивая овца все стадо портит Id: sheep that have no shepherd, sheep without a shepherd —- беспомощная толпа; паства без пастуха Id: black sheep —- паршивая овца Id: there is a black sheep in every flock —- посл. в семье не без урода Id: as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb —- посл. семь бед - один ответ; двум смертям не бывать, одной не миновать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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breeder овцевод SHEEP breeding овцеводство SHEEP of one shear овца-однолетка SHEEP noun 1) овца; баран; to follow like sheep - слепо следовать (за кем-л.) 2) робкий, застенчивый человек 3) usu. past part. паства oft. joc. 4) шевро (сорт кожи) as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb - семь бед - один ответ - wolf in sheeps clothing - the black sheep - cast sheeps eyes - make sheep eyes ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. sceap, scep, from W.Gmc. *skжpan, of unknown origin. The more usual I.E. word for the animal is represented by ewe. Sheepish in the sense of "bashful" first recorded 1693. Sheepskin "diploma" dates from 1804; that's what they were once made of. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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