also sheepshank, 1670s, "leg of a sheep," from sheep + shank (n.). A type of something lank, slender, or weak. Attested earlier in transferred sense of "type of sailor's knot used to shorten a rope without cutting it" (1620s).
雙語例句
1. She mispronounced ship as sheep.
她把ship念成sheep了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. 'ship " doesn't rhyme with'sheep ".
Ship 和 sheep 不押韻.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The first task was to fence the wood to exclude sheep.
第一項任務(wù)就是把樹林圍起來不讓羊進去。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Every summer the shepherds drive the sheep up to pasture.
每年夏天牧羊人都將羊群趕到牧場去。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Sheep's milk is produced in much the same way as goat's milk.