/ʃi:p ||; ʃip/noun [C] (plural sheep) an animal that is kept on farms and used for its wool or meat 羊；绵羊 A male sheep is a ram, a female sheep is a ewe and a young sheep is a lamb. When sheep make a noise they bleat. This is written as baa. The meat from sheep is called lamb or mutton. Look at the note at meat. 公羊叫做ram，母羊叫做ewe，小羊叫做lamb。指羊叫可用bleat，指羊的叫声可用baa。羊肉叫做lamb或mutton。参看meat的注释。