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lamb 音标拼音: [l'æm] n. 小羊,羔羊
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vt. 生小羊 小羊,羔羊生小羊 lamb n 1: young sheep 2: English essayist ( 1775- 1834) [ synonym: { Lamb}, { Charles Lamb}, { Elia}] 3: a person easily deceived or cheated ( especially in financial matters) 4: a sweet innocent mild- mannered person ( especially a child) [ synonym: { lamb}, { dear}] 5: the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food v 1: give birth to a lamb; " the ewe lambed" Lamb \ Lamb\, n. [ AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.] 1. ( Zool.) The young of the sheep. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized. [ 1913 Webster] { Lamb of God}, { The Lamb} ( Script.), the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb. [ 1913 Webster] The twelve apostles of the Lamb. -- Rev. xxi. 14. [ 1913 Webster] Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. -- John i. 29. { Lamb' s lettuce} ( Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate leaves ({ Valerianella olitoria}), often used as a salad; corn salad. [ Written also { lamb lettuce}.] { Lamb' s tongue}, a carpenter' s plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. -- Knight. { Lamb' s wool}. ( a) The wool of a lamb. ( b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb' s wool. [ Obs.] -- Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster]
Lamb \ Lamb\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Lambed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Lambing}.] To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep. [ 1913 Webster] 114 Moby Thesaurus words for " lamb": agneau, angel, babe, baby, baby- doll, bairn, bellwether, birdling, breast of lamb, buttercup, calf, catling, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, chickling, chicky, child, child of nature, chit, colt, cub, darling, dear, deary, dogie, doll, dove, duck, duckling, dupe, ewe, ewe lamb, fawn, fledgling, foal, fryer, gigot, gosling, hick, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, infant, ingenue, innocent, jambe de mouton, jumbuck, kid, kit, kitten, lambkin, leg of lamb, leg of mutton, litter, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot, lout, love, lover, mere child, mite, mouton, mutton, nest, nestling, newborn babe, nipper, noble savage, oaf, offspring, peewee, pet, petkins, piglet, pigling, polliwog, precious, precious heart, pullet, pup, puppy, ram, rube, saddle of mutton, shaver, sheep, shoat, simple soul, snookums, sugar, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, tad, tadpole, teg, tot, tup, unsophisticate, weaner, wee tot, wether, whelp, yeanling, yokelLamb ( 1.) Heb. kebes, a male lamb from the first to the third year. Offered daily at the morning and the evening sacrifice ( Ex. 29: 38- 42), on the Sabbath day ( Num. 28: 9), at the feast of the New Moon ( 28: 11), of Trumpets ( 29: 2), of Tabernacles ( 13- 40), of Pentecost ( Lev. 23: 18- 20), and of the Passover ( Ex. 12: 5), and on many other occasions ( 1 Chr. 29: 21; 2 Chr. 29: 21; Lev. 9: 3; 14: 10- 25). ( 2.) Heb. taleh, a young sucking lamb ( 1 Sam. 7: 9; Isa. 65: 25). In the symbolical language of Scripture the lamb is the type of meekness and innocence ( Isa. 11: 6; 65: 25; Luke 10: 3; John 21: 15). The lamb was a symbol of Christ ( Gen. 4: 4; Ex. 12: 3; 29: 38; Isa. 16: 1; 53: 7; John 1: 36; Rev. 13: 8). Christ is called the Lamb of God ( John 1: 29, 36), as the great sacrifice of which the former sacrifices were only types ( Num. 6: 12; Lev. 14: 12- 17; Isa. 53: 7; 1 Cor. 5: 7). |
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