bellwether
英 ['belwee?(r)]
美['b?l,w?e?]
- n. 前導；領導者；系鈴的公羊；群眾的首領
GRE
詞態變化
復數:?bellwethers;
中文詞源
bellwether 領頭羊，預兆
bell, 鐘，鈴。wether, 公羊。來自于羊群放牧，通常在頭羊脖子上掛一個小鈴鐺，帶領其它羊群前進。
英文詞源
- bellwether (n.)
- mid-14c. (late 13c. in Anglo-Latin; late 12c. as a surname), from bell (n.) + wether; the lead sheep (on whose neck a bell was hung) of a domesticated flock. Figurative sense of "chief, leader" is from mid-14c.
雙語例句
- 1. For decades the company was the bellwether of the British economy.
- 幾十年來，這家公司一直是英國經濟的晴雨表。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. University campuses are often the bellwether of change.
- 大學校園往往引領變革的新潮。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. IBM is considered the bellwether stock on Wall Street.
- 國際商用機器公司的股票行情被視為華爾街股市的風向標。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Yet again we look to George Lucas as a bellwether.
- 我們再一次以喬治·盧卡斯的馬首是瞻.
來自互聯網
- 5. Intel Corp , for instance, hastraditionally been a bellwether for thesemiconductor industry.
- 例如英特爾一向就是半導體行業的龍頭股.
來自互聯網