an animal with a thick coat, kept on farms for its meat (called mutton or lamb) or its wool 羊；綿羊 
a flock of sheep 一群羊 Sheep were grazing in the fields. 羊在野地裏吃草。 sheep farmers 養羊的農民 These leaves are toxic to cattle and sheep. 這些葉子對牛羊有毒。
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsa1My grandfather used to raise sheep in Australia. 我祖父曾在澳大利亞養過羊。 The dogs herded the sheep into the pen. 狗把羊群趕進了羊圈。 a 4 000-acre sheep station in New South Wales 新南威爾士佔地 4,000 英畝的大牧羊場 - (figurative)
He sees it as his duty to take care of the lost sheep of the world. 他視照顧塵世間迷途的羔羊爲己任。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hill
- mountain
- lost
- …
- flock
- herd
- farm
- keep
- raise
- …
- graze
- bleat
- farm
- ranch
- station
- …
- a breed of sheep
Word OriginOld English scēp, scǣp, scēap, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaap and German Schaf.
Idioms
count sheep
to imagine that sheep are jumping over a fence and to count them, as a way of getting to sleep 數（假想中跳過栅欄的）羊以求入睡
like sheep
- (disapproving)
if people behave like sheep, they all do what the others are doing, without thinking for themselves 盲從
(you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as (for) a lamb
- (saying)
if you are going to be punished for doing something wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing 與其偷羊羔被絞死，不如偷只羊；一不做，二不休
sort out/separate the sheep from the goats
to recognize the difference between people who are good at something, intelligent, etc. and those who are not 區分能手與常人；分清智者和庸人
a wolf in sheep’s clothing
a person who seems to be friendly or not likely to cause any harm but is really an enemy 披着羊皮的狼