lamb
US: /ˈɫæm/
UK: /lˈæm/
UK: /lˈæm/
English Vietnamese dictionary
lamb /læm/
- danh từ
- cừu con; cừu non
- thịt cừu non
- người ngây thơ; người yếu đuối
- em nhỏ (tiếng gọi âu yếm)
- as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
- đã trót thì phải trét
- a fox (wolf) in lamb's skin
- cáo (chó sói) đội lốt cừu, kẻ giả nhân giả nghĩa
- The Lamb (of God)
- Chúa Giê-xu
- like a lamb
- hiền lành ngoan ngoãn
- động từ
- đẻ con (cừu)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] a young sheep
2 [U] meat from a young sheep: a leg of lamb + lamb chops
Compare: MUTTON
3 [C] (informal) used to describe or address sb with affection or pity: You poor lamb!
Idioms: (like) a lamb / lambs to the slaughter used to describe people who are going to do sth dangerous without realizing it
more at MUTTON
+ verb [V] (of a sheep) to give birth to a lamb: She's due to lamb in two weeks' time.
Collocation dictionary
1 young sheep
ADJ.
newborn | orphaned | sacrificial
(often figurative) I am not going to be a sacrificial lamb on the altar of political correctness.
VERB + LAMB
fatten | kill, slaughter
the traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb
LAMB + VERB
bleat | frolic, gambol
2 meat
ADJ.
spring | curried, grilled, minced, roast
LAMB + NOUN
chop, cutlet | casserole, curry, stew
PHRASES
breast/leg/neck/rack/shoulder of lamb
> Special page at FOOD
Concise English dictionary
lambs|lambed|lambinglæm
noun
+young sheep
+English essayist (1775-1834)
+a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
+a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
+the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
verb
+give birth to a lamb
