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sheepskin

/sheep-skin/US // ˈʃipˌskɪn //UK // (ˈʃiːpˌskɪn) //

羊皮,羊皮的,羊皮的作用

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the skin of a sheep, especially such a skin dressed with the wool on, as for a garment.
    • : leather, parchment, or the like, made from the skin of sheep.
    • : Informal. a diploma.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : made from the skin of a sheep.
    • : lined with the skin of a sheep dressed with the wool on.

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Examples

  • He covered himself with a sheepskin before the wolf in front of him who had attacked his institution with “falsehoods.”

  • In one notorious incident, half a dozen young condors were found playing tug of war with a sheepskin rug on a back porch in Santa Barbara, he recalled.

  • Several 12th and 17th century documents describe sheepskin as useful in detecting changes to an original document, such as tampering with a property owner’s name.

  • The new study adds to evidence that sheepskin helped to prevent fraudsters from pulling the wool over English officials’ eyes.

  • They have a platform rubber sole and sheepskin leather exterior with a dyed shearling lining to keep you looking put-together on a snowy sidewalk.

  • The decision maker turned out to be a gray-haired Cossack ataman, or commander, in a traditional sheepskin hat.

  • So where might the next Carol Bartz or Jeff Bezos get their sheepskin?

  • On the sheepskin rug before the fire a Manx cat was dozing beside a pair of carpet slippers.

  • The sheepskin is very short for me, and closely cropped, and looks like a worn-out mat!!

  • They generally wore turbans of lambswool, and jackets of sheepskin with the wool inwards.

  • He had taken care to remove from the box of clothing his sheepskin, his loose coat with a hood, and his waterproof overalls.

  • Which runs directly into the throat of said Pragmatic Sanction; and engages to make it, mere waste sheepskin, so to speak!