bellwether

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɛlwɛðə/    美 /ˈbɛlwɛðɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck.
    — Several old ladies forthwith proclaimed their intention of following him; but, as one or two of them were deaf, and another had been threatened with an attack of that mild, but obstinate complaint, dementia senilis, many thought it was not so much the force of his arguments as a kind of tendency to jump as the bellwether jumps, well known in flocks not included in the Christian fold.
  2. Anything that indicates future trends. figuratively
    — Mortgage delinquencies often act as a bellwether for a forthcoming recession.
  3. A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition. figuratively
    — One of my favorite sentiment indicators is bellwether stocks — key stocks that are leaders in their fields. When investors buy or sell these shares, it's usually a good sign of confidence or the lack of it in that sector of the market and sometimes even the economy.

词形变化

bellwethers plural bell-wether alternative bellweather alternative belwether alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
bellwether state bellwether stock
相关词
omen harbinger

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.
Proto-Germanic *bellǭ
Proto-West Germanic *bellā
Old English belle
Middle English belle
Proto-Indo-European *wet-
Proto-Indo-European *wétrusder.
Proto-Germanic *weþruz
Proto-West Germanic *weþru
Old English weþer
Middle English wether
Middle English belwether
English bellwether
From Middle English belwether, belleweder, equivalent to bell + wether (“castrated ram”).
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