lead

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum). uncountable
  2. The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course countable
    — to take the lead
  3. A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots. countable
  4. Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game. countable
    — the white horse had the lead.
  5. An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment. UK,countable
  6. A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing. countable,uncountable
  7. The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown. countable,uncountable
    — The runner took his lead from first.
  8. Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading. uncountable
    — This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.
  9. Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs. countable,uncountable
  10. The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played uncountable
    — your partner has the lead
  11. A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates. countable
    — I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top.
  12. The main role in a play or film; the lead role. countable,uncountable
    — "You make moving pictures. In jungles and places." "That's me. And I've picked you for the lead in my next picture."
  13. The actor who plays the main role; lead actor. countable,uncountable
  14. A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils. countable
  15. The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc. countable,uncountable
    — John is the development lead on this software product.
  16. Bullets; ammunition. countable,slang,uncountable
    — They pumped him full of lead.
  17. X-ray protective clothing lined with lead. countable,in-plural,uncountable
    — You must remember to wear your leads.
  18. A channel of open water in an ice field. countable
  19. A lode. countable
  20. The course of a rope from end to end. countable,uncountable
  21. A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash countable,uncountable
  22. In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke. countable,uncountable
    — Usage note: When used alone it means outside lead, or lead for the admission of steam. Inside lead refers to the release or exhaust.
  23. The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment. countable,uncountable
  24. The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. countable,uncountable
  25. Hypothesis that has not been pursued countable,uncountable
    — The investigation stalled when all leads turned out to be dead ends.
  26. Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident. countable,uncountable
    — The police have a couple of leads they will follow to solve the case.
  27. Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer. countable,uncountable
    — Joe is a great addition to our sales team, he has numerous leads in the paper industry.
  28. Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details. countable,uncountable
  29. The player who throws the first two rocks for a team. countable,uncountable
  30. The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.) US,countable,uncountable
  31. An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast countable,uncountable
  32. The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts. countable,uncountable
  33. In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor. countable,uncountable
  34. The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts. countable,uncountable
  35. A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others. countable,uncountable
  36. A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms. countable,uncountable
  37. The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft. countable,uncountable
  38. The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles. countable,uncountable
  39. The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. Misspelling of led. alt-of,misspelling
  2. To cover, fill, or affect with lead. transitive
    — continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle.
  3. To guide or conduct.; To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection. transitive
    — a father leads a child
  4. To place leads between the lines of. historical,transitive
    — to lead a page
  5. To guide or conduct.; To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions. transitive
    — The guide was able to lead the tourists through the jungle safely.
  6. To guide or conduct.; To direct; to counsel; to instruct. figuratively,transitive
    — A good teacher should lead their students to the right answer.
  7. To guide or conduct.; To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit. transitive
    — to lead a political party
  8. To guide or conduct.; To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure. transitive
    — to lead someone to a righteous cause
  9. To guide or conduct.; To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc. transitive
    — The evidence leads me to believe he is guilty.
  10. To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb. intransitive
  11. To begin, to be ahead.; To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among. transitive
    — the big sloop led the fleet of yachts;  the Guards led the attack;  Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages
  12. To begin, to be ahead.; To proceed in front of others; to go first. intransitive
    — The standard-bearers led and the rest of the marchers followed.
  13. To begin, to be ahead.; To be more advanced in technology or business than others. intransitive
    — It leads in the information technology sector.
  14. To begin, to be ahead.; To begin a game, round, or trick, with transitive
    — to lead trumps
  15. To begin, to be ahead.; To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race. intransitive
  16. To begin, to be ahead.; To have the highest interim score in a game. intransitive
  17. To begin, to be ahead.; To step off base and move towards the next base.
    — The batter always leads off base.
  18. To begin, to be ahead.; To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
  19. To begin, to be ahead.; To lead climb. transitive
  20. To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place. intransitive
    — the path leads to the mill
  21. To be a cause of. intransitive
    — gambling leads to other vices
  22. To live or experience (a particular way of life). transitive,usually
    — That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life.
  23. Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
  24. Misspelling of led. alt-of,misspelling
形容词 adj.
  1. Foremost. not-comparable
    — The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.
  2. Main, principal, primary, first, chief, foremost. not-comparable
    — the lead guitarist in band

词形变化

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词汇关系

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all roads lead to Mecca all roads lead to Rome all roads lead to Sydney belead blind leading the blind colead forelead forlead forthlead inlead leadable lead a cat-and-dog life lead around by the nose lead astray lead by example lead by the nose lead captive leader lead from the front leading lead nowhere lead off lead on lead out lead someone a dance lead someone down the garden path lead someone up the garden path lead someone to the altar lead the charge lead the line lead the way lead through lead to lead up lead up to lead with one's chin mislead nose-led offlead one thing led to another onlead outlead overlead pixie-led pixy-led relead ringlead underlead uplead forecast lead time lead character lead climber lead dog lead fiddle lead guitar lead-lag lead name lead plane lead sheet lead singer lead single lead tenant lead vocalist lead vocals
相关词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English led, leed, from Old English lēad (“lead”), from Proto-West Germanic *laud (“lead”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow”).
Cognate with Scots leid, lede (“lead”), North Frisian lud, luad (“lead”), West Frisian lead (“lead”), Dutch lood (“lead”), Low German Lod (“solder, plummet”), German Lot (“solder, plummet, sounding line”), Swedish lod (“solder, plummet”), Icelandic lóð (“a plumb, weight”), Irish luaidhe (“lead”) Latin plumbum (“lead”), Finnish luoti (“bullet”). Doublet of loth. More at flow.
* (graphite in a pencil): Graphite was once believed to be a form of lead; see black lead and plumbago.
词源 2
From Middle English leden, from Old English lǣdan (“to lead”), from Proto-West Germanic *laidijan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijaną (“to cause one to go, lead”), causative of Proto-Germanic *līþaną (“to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to leave, die”).
Cognate with West Frisian liede (“to lead”), Dutch leiden (“to lead”), German leiten (“to lead”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lede (“to lead”), Norwegian Nynorsk leia (“to lead”), Swedish leda (“to lead”), Faroese and Icelandic leiða (“to lead”). Related to Old English līþan (“to go, travel”).
词源 3
Perhaps from a confusion or conflation with read, which has a single spelling for both past and present tenses, but has differing pronunciations in the same way as lead, i.e. the present's vowel is /i/, and the past's is /ɛ/.
See also red and redd, the obsolete spellings of read.
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