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.
| 词汇 | bellwether |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary 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. |
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