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.
勞拉正往羔羊腿上澆抹油脂。
2N-COUNT (對年幼者慈愛或憐憫的稱呼)寶貝,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. (對年幼者慈愛或憐憫的稱呼)寶貝,乖乖 [feelings]
She came and put her arms around me. 'You poor lamb. What's wrong?'
她走過來摟着我。“可憐的寶貝,出什麽事兒啦?”
3PHRASE [lamb inflects, PHRASE after verb]溫順地;聽話地;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. 溫順地;聽話地;任人宰割地
The pair surrendered to him like lambs.
那兩個人乖乖地向他投降。
We follow their every word like lambs to the slaughter.