| 单词 | judas sheep |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJudas sheep c. Originally U.S. Designating an animal (esp. a sheep or goat) used to lead others to slaughter, or (figurative) any person or thing used as a decoy to lure people into being caught, arrested, etc. Esp. in Judas goat, Judas sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > member of livestock > animal used to lead others Judas1907 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] neteOE angleOE grinc1000 trapc1175 caltropa1300 lacec1330 girnc1375 espyc1380 webc1400 hook1430 settingc1430 lure1463 stall?a1500 stalea1529 toil1548 intrap1550 hose-net1554 gudgeon1577 mousetrap1577 trapfall1596 ensnarementa1617 decoy1655 cobweba1657 trepan1665 snap1844 deadfall1860 Judas1907 tanglefoot1908 catch-221963 trip-wire1971 1900 N.Y. Times 24 Mar. 2/6 After having led thousands of confiding sheep to their death, ‘Judas Iscariot’, as he is called in the yards of Armour & Co., has paid the penalty of his treachery and been butchered. For eight years ‘Judas Iscariot’ has been the ‘leading’ sheep for the company.] 1907 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 26 Sept. 1/3 (caption) Professor Thompson acted as the ‘Judas’ sheep for the herd of dupes in New Jersey whom he led to the Storey Cotton Company's shambles. 1926 Olean (N.Y.) Evening Times 8 Apr. 16/5 The Judas sheep leads thousands of his fellows to their betrayal. And the thousands always follow, bleating timidly. 1930 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 31 July 10/1 The Judas goat of the packing centers has competition in the ‘hawg hounds’ of Catahoula parish, one of Louisiana's chief pork producers. 1947 J. Hilton Nothing so Strange v. 293 Sometimes..I feel like the Judas animal they use in the stockyards to lead the other animals to the slaughter. 1964 Punch 19 Feb. 283/2 Irene only used Billy as a ‘judas goat’ to catch Des. 1983 New Braunfels (Texas) Herald Zeitung 25 May 12 c Mr. Chisum..wanted the young moro to learn to be a lead or ‘Judas’ animal—as they were called. 2012 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 17 Mar. a23 Even with Warren Buffett acting as Obama's happy Judas goat, it is a gratuitously divisive gesture. < as lemmas |
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