Lambname詞源 1

• 1

  A surname from Middle English.

• 2

  An unincorporated community in Craig Township, Switzerland County, Indiana, United States.

• 3

  An extinct town in Marion County, Missouri, United States.

• 4

  An islet (small island) in the Firth of Forth, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5386).

Lambname詞源 2

• 1

  ChristianityJesus; the Lamb of God

  • And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
  • (See St. Paul's epistles, and the early Fathers.) And we have the expression "washed in the blood of the Lamb" adopted into the Christian Church.
• 2

  ChristianityThe constellation and zodiacal sign Aries.

  • The Fish, His Church in union bound; The Lamb, once slain, but now enthroned; The Bull the victory shall gain; The Twins, Divine and human reign.
  • The lamb slain was called the Paschal Lamb. But what was that lamb? Evidently not an earthly lamb — (though certainly the earthly lambs on the hillsides were just then ready to be killed and eaten) — but the heavenly Lamb, which was slain or sacrificed when the Lord "passed over" the equator and obliterated the constellation Aries.

lambnoun/ˈlæm/

• 1

  A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months.

  • Mary had a little lamb, its fleece as white as snow.
  • Mark and Mark have raised some lambs for market, and they won a blue ribbon for quality at the fair.
• 2

  obsoleteA young goat; a kid.

  • The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Exodus 12:5: “Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:”
• 3

  The flesh of a lamb used as food; (sometimes loosely) the flesh of a sheep of any age used as food.

• 4

  A person who is meek, docile, and easily led.

  • Near-synonym: sheep
• 5

  Lambskin.

  • They were as alike as prisoners, dressed in black silk waists and fitted skirts, with shawls of crimped black lamb across their shoulders.
• 6

  A simple, unsophisticated person.

• 7

  slangbusinessfinanceOne who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.

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  slangA fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969).

  • Part of me revels in the campiness of Mariah’s butterfly metaphors and puppies-and-kittens existence. […] But I also genuinely love her music, including this album. I’m one of her lambs.
  • Her latest album, “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,” is her best work yet, a warmer and more subtle album that makes her more relatable to those of us who aren’t Mariah die-hards—or “lambs,” as she refers to them.

lambverb/ˈlæm/

• 1

  Of a sheep, to give birth.

• 2

  To assist (sheep) to give birth.

  • The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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