bellwether

• n. 前導；領導者；係鈴的公羊；群眾的首領

bell, 鍾，鈴。wether, 公羊。來自於羊群放牧，通常在頭羊脖子上掛一個小鈴鐺，帶領其它羊群前進。

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.

1. For decades the company was the bellwether of the British economy.

幾十年來，這家公司一直是英國經濟的晴雨表。

來自柯林斯例句

2. University campuses are often the bellwether of change.

大學校園往往引領變革的新潮。

來自《權威詞典》

3. IBM is considered the bellwether stock on Wall Street.

國際商用機器公司的股票行情被視為華爾街股市的風向標。

來自辭典例句

4. Yet again we look to George Lucas as a bellwether.

我們再一次以喬治·盧卡斯的馬首是瞻.

來自互聯網

5. Intel Corp , for instance, hastraditionally been a bellwether for thesemiconductor industry.

例如英特爾一向就是半導體行業的龍頭股.

來自互聯網