lead
英 [liːd]
美 [liːd]
- n. 领导;铅;导线;榜样
- vt. 领导;致使;引导;指挥
- vi. 领导;导致;用水砣测深
- adj. 带头的;最重要的
- n. (Lead)人名;(英)利德
记忆单词“lead”可以通过联想一个带有“le”字母组合的场景,比如“le”像是人的脚步。想象自己正走在前面,引领他人,这表达了“lead”作为动词时的意义,即“领导”或“引领”。如果“lead”作为名词,可以联想它像一条引导方向的“线路”或“路线”。通过这样的视觉联想,可以有效地记忆这个单词。
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lead 带领,领导来自PIE*leit,向前走,词源同lodestar,lodestone.引申词义引导,领导。
lead 铅来自Proto-Germanic*lauda,铅,可能进一步来自PIE*ploud,流动,流体,词源同plumb,plumber.因铅是一种易溶易锻造的金属元素而得名,据历史记载,人们利用和使用铅的历史可追溯自公元6000多年前,该遗址位于今土耳其境内。
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lead: [OE] English has two words lead, spelled the same but of course pronounced differently and with a very different history. The verb goes back to a prehistoric West and North Germanic *laithjan. This was derived from *laithō ‘way, journey’ (from which English gets load); so etymologically lead means ‘cause to go along one’s way’. Its Germanic relatives include German leiten, Dutch leiden, Swedish leda, and Danish lede. Lead the metal is probably of Celtic origin.
The prehistoric Celtic word for ‘lead’ was *loudiā, which may have come ultimately from an Indo-European source meaning ‘flow’ (a reference to the metal’s low melting point). Its modern descendants include Irish luaidhe and Gaelic luaidh. It could well have been borrowed into prehistoric West Germanic as *lauda, which would have produced modern German lot ‘solder’, Dutch lood ‘lead’, and English lead.
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- lead (v.1)
- "to guide," Old English lædan "cause to go with one, lead, guide, conduct, carry; sprout forth; bring forth, pass (one's life)," causative of liðan "to travel," from Proto-Germanic *laidjan (cognates: Old Saxon lithan, Old Norse liða "to go," Old High German ga-lidan "to travel," Gothic ga-leiþan "to go"), from PIE *leit- "to go forth."
Meaning "to be in first place" is from late 14c. Sense in card playing is from 1670s. Related: Led; leading. Lead-off "commencement, beginning" attested from 1879; lead-in "introduction, opening" is from 1928.
- lead (n.1)
- heavy metal, Old English lead, from West Germanic *loudhom (cognates: Old Frisian lad, Middle Dutch loot, Dutch lood "lead," German Lot "weight, plummet"). The name and the skill in using the metal seem to have been borrowed from the Celts (compare Old Irish luaide), probably from PIE root *plou(d)- "to flow."
Figurative of heaviness since at least early 14c. Black lead was an old name for "graphite," hence lead pencil (1680s) and the colloquial figurative phrase to have lead in one's pencil "be possessed of (especially male sexual) vigor," attested by 1902. Lead balloon "a failure," American English slang, attested by 1957 (as a type of something heavy that can be kept up only with effort, from 1904). Lead-footed "slow" is from 1896; opposite sense of "fast" emerged 1940s in trucker's jargon, from notion of a foot heavy on the gas pedal.
- lead (n.2)
- c. 1300, "action of leading," from lead (v.1). Meaning "the front or leading place" is from 1560s. Johnson stigmatized it as "a low, despicable word." Sense in card-playing is from 1742; in theater, from 1831; in journalism, from 1912; in jazz bands, from 1934.
- lead (v.2)
- early 15c., "to make of lead," from lead (n.1). Meaning "to cover with lead" is from mid-15c. Related: Leaded (early 13c.); leading.
- 1. Politicians say it could lead to a dissolution of parliament.
- 政客们说这可能会导致议会解散。
- 2. The group proceeded with a march they knew would lead to bloodshed.
- 这个团体继续示威游行,他们知道这将导致流血事件的发生。
- 3. This can lead to bodily weakness and muscle wastage.
- 这样可能会导致身体虚弱和肌肉萎缩。
- 4. Lack of exercise can lead to feelings of depression and exhaustion.
- 缺乏锻炼会导致抑郁和疲劳。
- 5. The Turkish situation makes the lead in tomorrow's Guardian.
- 土耳其局势将成为明天《卫报》的头条。