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sheepman

/sheep-muhn, -man/US // ˈʃip mən, -ˌmæn //

牧羊人,养羊人,羊倌,羊人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sheep·men [sheep-muhn, -men]. /ˈʃip mən, -ˌmɛn/.

    • : a person engaged in the tending or breeding of sheep, especially the owner of a sheep ranch.
    • : a shepherd.

Examples

  • The sheepman at his lonely ranch had little warning of the storm, and he did not get half of his cows in the corral.

  • As early as his seventeenth year he began his career as a sheepman, starting with twenty-five head.

  • A perfect stranger—even a sheepman—would be hospitably treated in Montana.

  • Did yuh heah what happened ter thet sheepman's wife thet night arter they killed her man?

  • No sheepman would countenance a herder who could not take care of his flock in summer weather on a bountiful range.