bellwether

bellwether怎么读

英式音标：[ˈbelweðə(r)]

美式音标：[ˈbɛlwɛˌðɚ]

bellwether基本解释

n. 前导；领导者；系铃的公羊；群众的首领

bellwether的意思释义

n.

系铃的公羊；前导；领导者；群众的首领

变形

复数：bellwethers

英英释义

n.

someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity

sheep that leads the herd often wearing a bell

bellwether用法及例句

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

Investors are now holding their breath to see if these two bellwether cities will witness drops in property prices.

现在，投资者全都屏住了呼吸，静观这两座前导性城市的房价是否会跳水。

例句参考

The Adélie Penguin: Bellwether of Climate Change

Ocean Acidification at High Latitudes: The Bellwether

Frontmatter : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

Literature Cited : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

Chapter 7. Predation : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

Chapter 8. Demography : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

Chapter 1. Introduction : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

Chapter 2. Marine Ecology : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

Chapter 4. The Annual Cycle : The Adélie Penguin Bellwether of Climate Change

bellwether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.

bellwether相关例句

1.Remain the Bellwether of the catering industry

保持餐饮业的龙头地位

5.Leader; Bellwether; initiator; pathfinder; pacesetter; pacemaker

牵头人

9.The degree to which the paper is censored is a political bellwether.

对报纸审查的程度是一个*治预兆。

10.Bellwether： A stock or other instrumentconsidered as a key indicator of an overalltrend in a particular market, business sectoror economy.

龙头股：被看作是某类市场、行业或经济总体走势关键指标的一种股票等金融工具。