bellwether

英式音标：[ˈbelweðə(r)]播放读音

美式音标：[ˈbɛlwɛˌðɚ]播放读音

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概况：

n. 前导；领导者；系铃的公羊；群众的首领

词义：

n.

系铃的公羊；前导；领导者；群众的首领

变形

复数：bellwethers

英英释义

bellwether[ 'bel,weðə ]

n.

someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity

sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell

用法：

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Investors are now holding their breath to see if these two bellwether cities will witness drops in property prices.
现在，投资者全都屏住了呼吸，静观这两座前导性城市的房价是否会跳水。

权威例句

The Adélie Penguin:Bellwether of Climate Change

The Adélie Penguin: Bellwether of Climate Change

Ocean Acidification at High Latitudes: The Bellwether

Frontmatter : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

Literature Cited : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

Chapter 7. Predation : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

Chapter 8. Demography : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

Chapter 1. Introduction : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

Chapter 2. Marine Ecology : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

Chapter 4. The Annual Cycle : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

同义词：Moses,leader

英语词源：

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.

造句：

1. Remain the Bellwether of the catering industry

保持餐饮业的龙头地位

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 汉英

2. The giant online retailer of goods ranging from books, toys and CDs to tools is not simply a bellwether of e-commerce.

这个网上零售商的经营范围从图书、玩具和CD乃至工具不是简单的电子商务的领头羊。

-- 来源 -- life - 汉英

3. The degree to which the paper is censored is a political bellwether(Justine De Lacy)

对报纸审查的程度是一个政治预兆(朱斯蒂娜 德 莱西)

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

4. Bellwether Bond

领头羊债券

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

5. Leader; Bellwether; initiator; pathfinder; pacesetter; pacemaker

牵头人

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 汉英

6. Bellwether (of economic trends)

(经济趋势的)前导

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 经济

7. Sth playing a leading role; leader; Bellwether; doyen

龙头

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 汉英

8. Bellwether Stock

领头羊股票

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

9. The degree to which the paper is censored is a political bellwether.

对报纸审查的程度是一个政治预兆。

-- 来源 -- 网友提供

10. Bellwether： A stock or other instrumentconsidered as a key indicator of an overalltrend in a particular market, business sectoror economy.

龙头股：被看作是某类市场、行业或经济总体走势关键指标的一种股票等金融工具。

-- 来源 -- 网友提供