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词汇 yean
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Definition of yean in English:

yean

verb jiːnyēn
[with object]archaic
  • (of a sheep or goat) give birth to (a lamb or kid)

    〈古〉(绵羊,山羊)产(小羊)

    the day a lamb was yeaned
    no object the ewes yean in a yard or standing pen
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sheep yeaned without any bother and there was no need for overtime in the ‘maternity unit’.
    • When the Riabhog days are done, the temperature rises, the lambs are yeaned under the hawthorn trees.

Origin

Late Middle English: perhaps representing an Old English verb related to ēanian 'to lamb'.

Rhymes

Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, latrine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen

Definition of yean in US English:

yean

verbyēn
[with object]archaic
  • (of a sheep or goat) give birth to (a lamb or kid)

    〈古〉(绵羊,山羊)产(小羊)

    the day a lamb was yeaned
    no object the ewes yean in a yard or standing pen
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sheep yeaned without any bother and there was no need for overtime in the ‘maternity unit’.
    • When the Riabhog days are done, the temperature rises, the lambs are yeaned under the hawthorn trees.

Origin

Late Middle English: perhaps representing an Old English verb related to ēanian ‘to lamb’.

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