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sheep

US /ʃip/

noun Target · B2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The farmer keeps about fifty sheep on the hills behind his house.

Collocations

  • Easy flock of woolly sheep
    to flock of woolly sheep, meaning to move as a crowd or in a group
  • Medium shear sheep for textile wool production
    to shear sheep for textile wool production, meaning to cut with shears
  • Hard graze sheep on ecologically sensitive pastures
    to graze sheep on ecologically sensitive pastures, meaning to feed as in a meadow or pasture
  • Very Hard separate the sheep from the goats objectively
    to separate the sheep from the goats objectively, meaning to act as a barrier between; stand between

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