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单词 yean
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yeann.

Forms: Also Middle English ȝeeene, ȝe(e)ne, yene, e(e)ne, yn.
Etymology: apparently < yean v.
Obsolete.
A young lamb, yeanling.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > lamb
lambc725
yean1408
lambkin1579
baa-lamb1599
eanling1600
lambling1605
yeanlinga1644
sheepling1654
wool-bird1825
baa-ling1853
1408 Wycl. Bible Ps. cxliii. 13 (Fairf. 2) Þe sheep of hem ben wþ ȝeeene [v.rr. ȝene, ȝeene, ene, eene, yn].
1408 Wycl. Bible Isa. xl. 11 (Fairf. 2) He shal bere sheep wiþ eene eþer wþ lombe [v.rr. yene, ene].
a1650 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agriculture & Prices (1887) (modernized text) V. 341 [Besides the general names of sheep, ewes, rams, wethers or muttons, and lambs, I find tups, tegs, yeans,..crones and hoggs].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

yeanv.

Brit. /jiːn/, U.S. /jin/
Forms: Middle English ȝene, 1500s yene, 1500s–1600s yeane, 1500s– yean.
Etymology: ? Old English *geéanian , related to geéan ‘feta’, pregnant: see y- prefix and ean v.
Now archaic and dialect.
1.
a. transitive. Of a ewe: To bring forth (a lamb); also said of goats and occasionally other beasts.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (transitive)] > give birth to
bearOE
whelpc1175
kindle?c1225
hatcha1350
yeana1387
calvea1425
producea1513
dam1577
cast1587
rewhelp1605
render1607
store1611
drop1662
warp1738
kit1758
kitten1824
throw1824
cub1864
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [verb (transitive)] > give birth
eanOE
yeana1387
ewe1579
lamba1642
tup1721
sling1750
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 303 Alle þe splekked lamberne and kedes þat schulden be i-ȝened.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xliiii A Lambe was yenyd hauynge .ii. perfyte bodyes with all Members, and but one heed.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xx An ewe gothe with lambe .xx. wekes & shall yeane [printed eyane] her lambe in the .xxi. weke.
1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 319 There is a riuer in Assyria..which causeth the sheepe that drinke thereof to yeane blacke lambes.
a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) vii They'l conspire To yeane their jolly lambs within thy cot.
1759 R. Brown Compl. Farmer 32 The ewes yean the polled lamb with the least danger.
1800 W. Wordsworth Pet-lamb in Lyrical Ballads (ed. 2) II. 141 The dam that did thee yean Upon the mountain~tops.
1806 R. Southey in Ann. Rev. 4 51 To record the day and hour when a sheep died, a lamb was yeaned, or one of the flock stolen.
1862 R. C. Trench Visit to Tusculum in Poems 15 Watching the white goats..their young Tending, new yeaned.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 154 What grim lioness yeaned thee, aneath what rock's desolation?
b. figurative. To produce, give birth to.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > confine or deliver [verb (transitive)] > give birth
forthbring971
akenOE
haveOE
bearOE
to bring into the worldOE
teemOE
i-bereOE
to bring forthc1175
childc1175
reara1275
ofkenc1275
hatcha1350
makea1382
yielda1400
cleck1401
issue1447
engenderc1450
infant1483
deliver?a1518
whelp1581
world1596
yean1598
fall1600
to give (a person or thing) birth1615
to give birth to1633
drop1662
pup1699
born1703
to throw off1742
beteem1855
birth1855
parturiate1866
shell1890
to put to bed1973
bring-
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. vi. sig. E7 Yon's one hath yean'd a fearefull prodigie.
1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 69 Trendrant time behoves to hurry All to yean and all to bury.
2. intransitive. To bring forth young, as a sheep.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [verb (intransitive)] > bring forth young
belittera1325
whelp1398
fawn1481
litter1484
kitten1495
kittle1530
yean1548
dam1577
farrow1580
cub1755
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Adasia, an olde yewe, whiche hath lately yeaned or had a lambe.
1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 99 Like an ewe when she is yeaning and wringeth for deliueraunce.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 31 Eawes ready to yeane, craues grownd rid cleane.
a1618 J. Sylvester Iob Triumphant in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 945 The time when mountain Goats and Hindes Doe yean and calue.
a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 22 To see a woman calve, or a cow yean.
1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 17 By the time all the ewes have yeaned.
1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. vi. 212 The ewes yean twice a year.
1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 i. 232 The ewes yean in a yard or standing pen.
1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 51 The ewes yean thrice within the full circle of a year.

Derivatives

yeaned adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of or like a lamb > newly-born
new-yeaned1567
yeaned1567
yeanling1658
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) vii. f. 85v The bleating of a new yeand Lambe.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 290 Their bodies..Of new-yeand Lambs haue full the forme and guise.
1649 J. Ogilby tr. Virgil Bucolics vii. 17 Phyllis..might at home Shut up my new-yean'd Lambs.
a1711 T. Ken Sion i, in Wks. (1721) IV. 322 The new-yean'd Lambs he'll in his Bosom lay.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. xi. 263 Some little new-yeaned lambs.
1866 Copley Agric. ix. xvi. 487 Late yeaned lambs..are generally delicate.
ˈyeaning n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of a ewe > giving birth
yeaning1574
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > female > giving birth
lambing1573
yeaning1574
1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 405 His Eawes to haue good yeaning.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 139 The shepheard must be as careful as a midwyfe in the yeaning time.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. vii. 258 Within thirteen months she brought 4 Lambs at three yeanings.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 93 The yeaning Ewes prevent the springing Year. View more context for this quotation
1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 309 The she bear takes an old large hollow tree for her yeaning winter-house.
1776 Compl. Grazier (ed. 4) xxvi. 144 It is necessary she [sc. a ewe] should at her yeaning have the benefit of springing grass.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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