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綿羊 — meaning in English

mián yáng

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English meaning

  • sheep noun A woolly grazing animal kept for its meat, wool, or milk.
  • sheeple noun People who are perceived as conforming unquestioningly to authority or mainstream beliefs.

Senses

綿羊 is used for these senses in English:

  • ovine (comparable) Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis.
  • sheeple (derogatory, slang) People who unquestioningly accept as true whatever their political leaders say or who adopt popular opinion as their own without scrutiny.

sheep — full definition

  1. noun A woolly grazing animal kept for its meat, wool, or milk.
  2. noun A timid person who follows others without thinking for themselves.

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