Значення

значень: 8
  1. (злічуване, незлічуване)A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months.

    Mary had a little lamb, its fleece as white as snow.

    Mark and Mark have raised some lambs for market, and they won a blue ribbon for quality at the fair.

    Lamm

    ягнёнокjagnjónok, а́гнецágnec, бара́шекbarášek

    ягня́jahnjá, ягня́ткоjahnjátko, бара́нчикbaránčyk

    young sheep

  2. (незлічуване)The flesh of a lamb used as food; (sometimes loosely) the flesh of a sheep of any age used as food.

    Lamm, Lammfleisch

    бара́нинаbaránina, ягня́тинаjagnjátina

    ягня́тинаjahnjátyna

    the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food

  3. (злічуване, переносно, незлічуване)A person who is meek, docile, and easily led.

    Near-synonym: sheep

    овца́ovcá, ове́чкаovéčka, ягнёнокjagnjónok

    a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)

  4. (злічуване, незлічуване)Lambskin.

  5. (злічуване, незлічуване)A simple, unsophisticated person.

  6. (злічуване, сленг, незлічуване)One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.

  7. (злічуване, сленг, незлічуване)A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969).

  8. (злічуване, застаріле, незлічуване)A young goat; a kid.

Приклади

речень: 185
  1. Tom is as gentle as a lamb.

  2. The lambs were separated from their mothers.

  3. Have you ever seen a lamb being born?

    deHast du schon einmal gesehen, wie ein Lamm geboren wurde?

  4. Tom had lamb chops, potatoes and mushroom soup for dinner.

  5. Right now, Tom is sleeping like a lamb.

Українська
За значеннями 2
young sheep:
flesh of lamb as food:
Русский
За значеннями 3
young sheep:
flesh of lamb as food:
meek person:
Deutsch
За значеннями 2
young sheep:
flesh of lamb as food:

Походження

From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Prot

From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-.

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Форми

множина: lambs / lambren
Однинаlamb
Множинаlambs / lambren

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Синоніми

синонімів: 5
Близькі за значенням
  • a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child):dear
  • English essayist (1775-1834):Charles LambElia

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 41

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
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