bellwether 英 [ˈbelweðə(r)] 　 美 [ˈbɛlwɛˌðɚ]

bellwether

bellwether　 英 [ˈbelweðə(r)] 美 [ˈbɛlwɛˌðɚ]

n. 前导；领导者；系铃的公羊；群众的首领　

名词复数:bellwethers　

Yet again, we look to George Lucas as a bellwether.　我们再一次以乔治·卢卡斯的马首是瞻。
FOR ALL the woes of the city that hosts it, Detroit’s annual motor show is still a bellwether for America’s car industry.　尽管举办它是城市的悲哀，但底特律一年一度的汽车展仍是美国汽车工业的领头羊。

  • Use the word bellwether to indicate someone or something that takes the lead in a group or movement.
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  • n. 前导；领导者；系铃的公羊；群众的首领

  • 1. Yet again, we look to George Lucas as a bellwether.

    我们再一次以乔治·卢卡斯的马首是瞻。

  • 2. FOR ALL the woes of the city that hosts it, Detroit’s annual motor show is still a bellwether for America’s car industry.

    尽管举办它是城市的悲哀，但底特律一年一度的汽车展仍是美国汽车工业的领头羊。

  • bellwether (n.) also bell-wether, "lead sheep (on whose neck a bell was hung) of a domesticated flock," mid-14c. (late 13c. in Anglo-Latin; late 12c. as a surname), from bell (n.) + wether. Figurative sense of "chief, leader" is from mid-14c.
bell·wether / ˈbelweðə(r) ; NAmE ˈbelweðər / noun [usually singular ] something that is used as a sign of what will happen in the future 征兆；前导 ◆ University campuses are often the bellwether of change. 大学校园往往引领变革的新潮。 bell·wether / ˈbelweðə(r) ; NAmE ˈbelweðər /
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