1N-COUNT 羔羊;羊羔;小羊 A lamb is a young sheep. 羔羊;羊羔;小羊
Lamb is the flesh of a lamb eaten as food.羔羊肉
Laura was basting the leg of lamb.
劳拉正往羔羊腿上浇抹油脂。
2N-COUNT (对年幼者慈爱或怜悯的称呼)宝贝,乖乖 People sometimes use lamb when they are addressing or referring to someone who they are fond of and who is young, gentle, or unfortunate. (对年幼者慈爱或怜悯的称呼)宝贝,乖乖 [feelings]
She came and put her arms around me. 'You poor lamb. What's wrong?'
她走过来搂着我。“可怜的宝贝,出什么事儿啦?”
3PHRASE [lamb inflects, PHRASE after verb]温顺地;听话地;任人宰割地 If you say that people do something like lambs or like lambs to the slaughter, you mean that they do what someone wants them to do without complaining or fighting. 温顺地;听话地;任人宰割地
The pair surrendered to him like lambs.
那两个人乖乖地向他投降。
We follow their every word like lambs to the slaughter.
1young sheep小羊ADJECTIVE | VERB + LAMB | LAMB + VERBADJECTIVE➤newborn新生羊羔➤little小羊羔▸➤sacrificial (usuallyfigurative) 犧牲品◇I am not going to be a sacrificial lamb on the altar of political correctness.我不打算做政治正確性祭壇上的犧牲品。VERB + LAMB➤kill, slaughter屠宰羊羔◇the traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb買賣非法宰殺的羊羔➤sacrifice獻祭羔羊LAMB + VERB➤bleat羊羔咩咩地叫▸➤frolic, gambol (both especially BrE) 羊羔撒歡兒lamb
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2meat肉ADJECTIVE | LAMB + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤spring (especially BrE) 早春羊肉▸➤ground, minced (especially BrE) 羔羊肉末▸➤grilled, roast烤羔羊肉LAMB + NOUN➤chop, cutlet, shank小羊排;羊羔頸排;羊羔前腿肉▸➤casserole, curry, stew砂鍋羔羊肉;咖喱羔羊肉;燉羔羊肉PHRASES➤leg of lamb, rack of lamb, shoulder of lamb羊羔腿肉;羔羊頸脊肉;羊肩肉➡ topic at food