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).
双语例句
1. She mispronounced ship as sheep.
她把ship念成sheep了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. 'ship " doesn't rhyme with'sheep ".
Ship 和 sheep 不押韵.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The first task was to fence the wood to exclude sheep.
第一项任务就是把树林围起来不让羊进去。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Every summer the shepherds drive the sheep up to pasture.
每年夏天牧羊人都将羊群赶到牧场去。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Sheep's milk is produced in much the same way as goat's milk.
