| 词汇 | bellwether |
| 词源 | bellwether. Since Anglo-Saxon times a bellwether has been a castrated male sheep that usually has a bell fastened around its neck and leads the flock. Later the word was applied humor- ously to a ringleader, the leader of any mob, conspiracy, or the like, and then was used to describe any leader who assumes the forefront of a profession or industry, etc., as in “New York is the bellwether of the publishing industry.” |
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