bellwether
英 ['belweðə(r)]
美['bɛl,wɛðɚ]
- n. 前导；领导者；系铃的公羊；群众的首领
词态变化
复数: bellwethers;
中文词源
bellwether 领头羊，预兆
bell, 钟，铃。wether, 公羊。来自于羊群放牧，通常在头羊脖子上挂一个小铃铛，带领其它羊群前进。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. For decades the company was the bellwether of the British economy.
- 几十年来，这家公司一直是英国经济的晴雨表。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. University campuses are often the bellwether of change.
- 大学校园往往引领变革的新潮。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. IBM is considered the bellwether stock on Wall Street.
- 国际商用机器公司的股票行情被视为华尔街股市的风向标。
来自辞典例句
- 4. Yet again we look to George Lucas as a bellwether.
- 我们再一次以乔治·卢卡斯的马首是瞻.
来自互联网
- 5. Intel Corp , for instance, hastraditionally been a bellwether for thesemiconductor industry.
- 例如英特尔一向就是半导体行业的龙头股.
来自互联网