记忆方法
记忆“bellwether”这个单词，可以通过构造一个句子来形象记忆：想象一个“bell”（钟）在一群“wether”（公羊，尤指成年未阉割的羊）中发出声音，公羊听到钟声就会向前移动，成为队伍的领导者。这样，“bellwether”就可以被记忆为指示或引领方向的领头羊。
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中文词源
bellwether 领头羊，预兆
bell, 钟，铃。wether, 公羊。来自于羊群放牧，通常在头羊脖子上挂一个小铃铛，带领其它羊群前进。
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.
权威例句
- 1. For decades the company was the bellwether of the British economy.
- 几十年来，这家公司一直是英国经济的晴雨表。
- 2. University campuses are often the bellwether of change.
- 大学校园往往引领变革的新潮。
- 3. IBM is considered the bellwether stock on Wall Street.
- 国际商用机器公司的股票行情被视为华尔街股市的风向标。
- 4. 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.
- 5. Intel Corp , for instance, hastraditionally been a bellwether for thesemiconductor industry.
- 例如英特尔一向就是半导体行业的龙头股.