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a ewe
ewe 发音以 /j/ 开头，因此前面用 a 而不是 an。
A ewe is grazing in the field.
一只母羊正在田里吃草。
母羊
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母羊
a female sheep
A ewe is grazing in the field.
一只母羊正在田里吃草。
雌性绵羊,与公羊相对。
A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
居住在加纳东南部、多哥和贝宁的族群。
An ethnic group who inhabit southeastern Ghana, Togo, and Benin.
The farmer led the ewe and her lamb into the warm barn.
农夫把母羊和她的小羊带进了温暖的谷仓。
A healthy ewe can give birth to two or three lambs each spring.
一只健康的母羊每年春天可以生下两三只羊羔。
We watched the ewe grazing quietly with the rest of the flock.
我们看着那只母羊和羊群一起安静地吃草。
ewe 发音以 /j/ 开头，因此前面用 a 而不是 an。
A ewe is grazing in the field.
一只母羊正在田里吃草。
The ewe gave birth to a lamb.
那只母羊生下了一只羊羔。
ewes 是 ewe 的复数形式。
The farmer has twenty ewes in the shed.
这位农民在棚里有二十只母羊。
Not this
I saw an ewe in the field.
Use this
I saw a ewe in the field.
ewe 的发音以 /j/ 辅音开头，而不是元音，所以不定冠词要用 a，不用 an。选 a 还是 an 看发音，不是看字母。
Not this
The you is eating grass.
Use this
The ewe is eating grass.
ewe（母羊）和 you（你）发音相同，但拼写和意思完全不同。书写时不能用同音词代替。
Not this
The ewe's are in the pasture.
Use this
The ewes are in the pasture.
ewe 的复数形式是 ewes，直接加 -s，不加撇号。撇号用于所有格或缩写，不用于构成复数。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
母羊羔
The ewe lamb stayed close to its mother.
母羊羔紧紧跟着它的母亲。
怀孕的母羊
The pregnant ewe needs extra feed before lambing.
怀孕的母羊在产羔前需要额外的饲料。
产羔母羊
The farmer stayed up all night with the lambing ewe.
农夫陪着那只产羔的母羊熬了一整夜。
繁殖母羊
They selected the healthiest ewes as breeding ewes.
他们挑选最健康的母羊作为繁殖母羊。
母羊群
The ewe flock grazed quietly on the hillside.
母羊群在山坡上安静地吃草。
绵羊奶
Ewe milk is rich and creamy and can be used to make cheese.
绵羊奶浓郁醇厚，可以用来制作奶酪。
最珍爱的人（或物）；掌上明珠
She is her mother's ewe lamb, so she gets away with everything.
她是母亲的掌上明珠，所以什么都由着她。
咩-拉姆-尤！
In the 1995 film Babe, a pig learns the sheep's secret password, 'Baa-ram-ewe', which lets him speak to and be accepted by the flock. The password is a playful pun on the word 'ewe', a female sheep.
在1995年的电影《小猪宝贝》中，一头猪学会了羊群的秘密口令“Baa-ram-ewe”，由此他得以与羊群交流并被接受。这个口令利用母羊的英文单词“ewe”构成双关语。
Use ewe naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
ewe 发音像 you，想象母羊对你叫“you”，记住它是雌性绵羊。
语域：neutral 常见场景：sheep farming、animal husbandry、zoology ewe 指成年母羊，属中性常用词，多用于农牧业、畜牧或动物科普等场景；日常对话中通常是在需要特指母羊时使用。
读音与 you 相同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.