transcription, транскрипция: [ lemɪŋ ]
( lemmings)
1.
A lemming is an animal that looks like a large rat with thick fur. Lemmings live in cold northern regions and sometimes travel in very large numbers.
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2.
If you say that a large group of people are acting like lemmings , you are critical of them because they all follow each other into an action without thinking about it.
The French crowds pour like lemmings down the motorway to Paris.
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