sheepfold

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈʃiːp.fəʊld/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An enclosure for keeping sheep.
    — If civilized life had covered over the ancient verities, Dumuzi learns in his tragic death that the sheepfold is still there to reclaim him.
  2. A flock of sheep.
    — We weep because the Lord’s sheepfold is guarded by wolves; we despair because truth gasps for breath amid lies.

词形变化

sheepfolds plural

词源

Inherited from Middle English shepefald, perhaps from Late Old English sċēapa falde (literally “sheep's fold”), equivalent to sheep + fold.
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