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lead1

verbled liːdlid
[with object]

  • 1Cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.

    带领（人）前进，牵着（动物）前进

    she emerged leading a bay horse

    她牵着一匹栗色马出现了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She leads her husband by the hand like a child.
    • You can also attach a lead rope to him and lead him around with you as you clean.
    • It is often said that you can't push a bull, you can only lead it from the front.
    • He dismounted and told Alana to slide back into the saddle, he would lead Charger along the trails on foot.
    • On the way, with Jomo quietly walking beside the horses, leading them, Zara asked why there were two horses since the cart was small enough for only one horse.
    • The blonde girl stepped forward leading a sickly boy of about two.
    • The multimillionaire, clad in a red prison garb, was led in handcuffs through a throng of TV cameras.
    • He emerged leading a woman in white silk.
    • She pulled the horse to a halt, and led him by the rope.
    • He took her by the hand and led her quickly forward, forcing her to jog to keep up with his long strides.
    • After a brief sentencing hearing, Ms. Wilson is led off to begin to serve her time.
    • The Herald carried on its front page one of the suspects being led in handcuffs by detectives from his home.
    • More tears sprang to her eyes, but she headed towards the door to be led off by the guards.
    • He led her with a rope tied around her hands.
    Synonyms
    guide, conduct, show, show someone the way, lead the way, usher, escort, steer, pilot, marshal, shepherd
    accompany, see, take, help, assist
    1. 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Show (someone or something) the way to a destination by going in front of or beside them.
      给 …带路
      she stood up and led her friend to the door

      她起身把朋友带到门口。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She put a blue nylon halter on him and led him to the barn, making soothing noises.
      • Raymond leads them to his friend's bungalow at the end of the shore.
      • I grinned as two guards stepped forward and began leading me out of the room.
      • Brooke led her sister through the house and down the stairs.
      • A shepherd leads his flock of 50 from the Tuscan hills back to the farm.
      • She took his halter and began leading him along the edge of the cliffs.
      • He led them to the front gate and used the keycard to open the door.
      • She led them to the front desk, where an old man with graying hair sat reading an old newspaper.
      • He leads you on further through more passages and rooms until finally you arrive at your table.
      • He ploughed on, leading his stallion down the path and into the woods.
      • They lead the caravan through the pass, towards the steep descent that marked its exit.
      • He led two injured colleagues down a stairwell and then returned to help take another out on a stretcher.
      • The Greeks held the pass but eventually a traitorous Greek led a Persian force through the hills to the rear of the Greek forces, who were subsequently massacred.
      • He led his sisters through the forest.
      • The flight attendant led them to the first class seats.
      • Dad had stood up smiling and led the way back to the front door.
      • After the service, a police escort led the funeral parade to the cemetery in Cricklade Road.
      • Soon enough, Cate took charge and led the others up the tunnel, the torch held ahead of her.
      • Brady walked in front of them and led them towards the cabin.
      • He led them inside with his typical fearlessness.
      Synonyms
      be at the head of, be at the front of, head, spearhead

  • 2usually lead tono object, with adverbial of direction Be a route or means of access to a particular place or in a particular direction.

    通往，指向

    the door led to a long hallway
    a farm track led off to the left

    一条田间小道引向左方。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This route led away from the lake through bracken and heather, over a ridge between two hills.
    • A gate has been padlocked on an access road leading down to one beach to prevent vehicles getting too close.
    • The marina has an adjacent pavilion at the top of a hill, with a staircase leading up to it.
    • Child alert pool alarms are also required to be fitted onto any door leading directly from the property into the pool area.
    • An outside dormitory door that led directly into one of the stairwells was in its fully open and unlocked position.
    • This door led into a large entrance hall extending up to a glass domed roof.
    • The back door led straight into the kitchen.
    • A flight of stairs led down into the darkness.
    • There will be seating in the ticket office and automatic doors leading on to a covered waiting area and doors leading onto the platform.
    • Through the window the craftsman can see the road that leads, in one direction, to the centre of the town and, in the other, to the next village, where his sister now lives.
    • Two sets of double doors lead to a spacious conservatory from where double doors lead out to the lawned back garden.
    • One evening I attempted to open the sliding glass door leading onto my balcony.
    • ‘The routes leading into Leeds from this part of the city are already seriously overcrowded,’ he added.
    • The old stairs led down into a small, single square room with an empty slate floor.
    • He was now gesturing to us, pointing in the direction of the stairs leading out of the dorm.
    • The boatman beaches us on a spit of land leading up to a stone house surrounded by willows.
    • Bear right around the building facing you to join the main access track leading into the garden centre where you may be tempted by the various plants for sale.
    • There was a large spiral staircase leading into the hallway in the front.
    • He said it was near impossible to walk the riverbank route because it led down to a dead end.
    • The house had a long sprawling drive which led to the car park, it was a very posh place indeed.
    Synonyms
    open on to, give on to, connect with/to, provide a route to, communicate with
    1. 2.1with object Be a reason or motive for (someone)
      促使，让
      nothing that I have read about the case leads me to the conclusion that anything untoward happened

      从关于此案的资料中我没有看到任何迹象能让我得出发生了令人不快的意外之事的结论。

      with object and infinitive a fascination for art led him to start a collection of paintings

      对艺术的迷恋促使他收藏画作。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The user is led to believe their card isn't working and the card is then kept by the device.
      • This has led the government to try to limit wage increases to below that level.
      • The person or parties responsible for this terrible tragedy have yet to come forward which leads officials here to wonder who the next target is, if there is one.
      • It is that fondness for delving into experiences and locations that leads John to acknowledge that some people say he lives in the past rather than the present.
      • In the rest of this article, we discuss the ideas and reasoning that led us to our final decision.
      • It was a spell in the Cuban military that led him to choose a career in music.
      • Is the presence of a computer in a classroom as important as we are led to believe?
      • The fellow who shuffled in was in every way the opposite of what I had been led to expect.
      • We are often led to believe that organic vegetables, free-range meat and handmade cheeses are luxury products.
      • When did the idea for the game first arise, and what were the key reasons that led you to decide to go ahead and develop it?
      • Now she lives alone in an apartment with her four cats, a solitude that has led her to consider moving to a monastery.
      • Neighborhood disorder leads honest people to move out of the neighborhood or to lock themselves in their homes.
      • This chapter reviews the reasons which led Britain to seek entry, and the factors that have created tension with other member states.
      • This same false confidence led him to drive recklessly.
      • However, instead of a steady march of discovery and triumph, reason has led us to believe there are limits to achievement.
      • Although there is no evidence that the path has led residents to drive less, it did have a profound effect on their lives.
      • We have been led to believe this technology is completely foolproof and it is not at all.
      • His success led other parties to pledge to re-examine the country's generous refugee policy.
      • Omar's reflections on his wife's motives lead him to contemplate his own life.
      • Natural selection leads us to expect animals to behave in ways that increase their own chances of survival and reproduction, not those of others.
    2. 2.2no object Culminate or result in (a particular event or consequence)
      closing the plant will lead to 300 job losses

      关闭工厂将导致300人失业。

      fashioning a policy appropriate to the situation entails understanding the forces that led up to it

      制订切合形势的政策必须懂得导致这一形势的各种势力。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In some cases, they led on to research which was closer to ‘participant observation’.
      • Unexpectedly a comment I made in passing led on to a fascinating discussion.
      • It would probably have led on to granting Catholics exemption from tithes and the authority of Anglican courts.
      • That led on to winning the FA Cup that year, and the European Cup Winners Cup in 1991.
      • Anyway, this then led on to a discussion of the hymns - well, songs, really - which we had to sing in primary assembly.
      • His family are convinced the drug was the cause of the depression which led to his death.
      • Symptoms include fever, violent spasms, panic, hallucinations and coma leading eventually to death.
      • This led on to a Saturday job for which I got paid peanuts for washing hair, making teas and coffees and sweeping up.
      • The events of that day have led on to a war.
      • They are also worried that the development would ruin the area and lead to a loss of amenities.
      • The investigation led to no arrests or convictions.
      • He was later discharged with two scarred lungs which led to heart problems and a stroke.
      • Sudden ruptures of the artery can lead to fatal blood loss or severe brain damage.
      • His attempts at reform ultimately led to his downfall, and he has lived in exile in Italy since 1973.
      • This led to a court battle with the council over custody of one of her sons and him remaining in care.
      • A terrible cycle is established that will eventually lead to lower quality of care.
      • She would suffer if she was sent to prison and would have to close her business, leading to the loss of two jobs.
      • Exciting results from early small trials led on to several large studies of low dose aspirin.
      • The earliest instruments were made of a tube of wood, which led on to the Post Horn.
      • His early fondness for working with horses led on to his interest in showjumping.
      • The second led on to an examination of the contribution that recent brain research might make.
      • The crash left her with a blood clot which led to a massive stroke paralysing one half of her body.
      • Each union campaign actually led to a decrease in the hours worked by Australian workers.
      • This has led to a fall in prices greater than most of us in the trade can recall.
      • Further investigation led to the arrest of nine other gang members.
      • The function of the kidneys may be impaired, leading eventually to failure.
      • All we're told is that two cars bumped each other which led to a fight breaking out.
      • Her selfless act of bravery led to the conviction of two girls who had mugged a pensioner.
      • The workers believe that complete privatisation of the bank will lead to mass layoffs.
      • Early radio drama led on to television parts and minor roles in movies.
      • This will lead to loss of trade to the shopkeepers who are all having a hard enough time to make ends meet as it is.
      • Pub landlords and club owners claim a ban will ruin trade and could lead to the loss of jobs.
      • This led on to a discussion about the war.
      • The bawdy humour came straight out of the music hall and it's a British tradition that led on to the Carry On films, Benny Hill and Les Dawson.
      • I agree with the opinion about how it can led on to harder drugs for certain people, but this is not everyone.
      Synonyms
      result in, cause, bring on, bring about, call forth, give rise to, be the cause of, make happen, create, produce, occasion, effect, engender, generate, contribute to, be conducive to, add to, be instrumental in, have a hand in, have a part in, help, promote, advance
      precipitate, hasten, accelerate, quicken, push forward, prompt, expedite, further, speed up
      provoke, stir up, spark off, trigger (off), set off, touch off, arouse, rouse, excite, foment, instigate
      cost, involve, necessitate, invite, risk, elicit, entail
      rare effectuate, conduce to

  • 3Be in charge or command of.

    带领，率领

    a military delegation was led by the Chief of Staff

    军事代表团由参谋长率领。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The delegation will be led by Representative Curt Weldon, a Republican from Pennsylvania.
    • In August 1914, he was re-called to military service to lead the Eighth Army in Prussia.
    • Each team will be led by a working supervisor and based at the nearest available council depot.
    • He led an official Chinese delegation, which visited the northern Black Sea resorts over the weekend.
    • At present, the school is being led by a unique management team.
    • On that day the Chilean military, led by General Pinochet, overthrew the elected president, Salvador Allende.
    • Millions of Italian voters will go to the ballot boxes today and tomorrow to decide who leads the next Italian government.
    • The military, led by General Fidel Ramoz, refused its continued support.
    • He proposed that a delegation of farm employees, led by himself, should go north to meet Lord Erne.
    • Why did King Philip select a man who had never been to sea before to lead the world's then largest naval fleet?
    • He is leading the official U.S. delegation to the areas battered by the tsunami.
    • He said the team would be led by the UN military adviser.
    • Firm in our resolve, focused on our mission, and led by a superb commander in chief, we will prevail.
    • Each company is commanded by a major and consists of four platoons, led by a captain and sergeant first class.
    • He is responsible for leading the Metropolitan Police Service.
    • An Allied command team had been formed in 1943, led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
    • Relieved of command, he led IX Corps for much of the rest of the war.
    • This meant that they had to take on Fighter Command, led by Sir Hugh Dowding, of the Royal Air Force.
    • He appointed his most loyal friend to lead the army.
    • The Viking army, led by Harald Hardrada of Norway, charged into battle and trapped the English in a pincer movement.
    Synonyms
    be the leader of, be the head of, preside over, hold sway over, head
    command, direct, govern, rule, be in charge of, be in command of, be in control of, have control of, have charge of, regulate, supervise, superintend, oversee, chair, run, mastermind, orchestrate, control, conduct, guide, be at the helm of, take the chair of
    administer, organize, manage
    dominate, master, reign over, domineer, be in power over
    informal head up, run the show, call the shots
    1. 3.1 Organize and direct.
      组织，指导
      the conference included sessions led by people with personal knowledge of the area

      会议包括由对该领域有切身了解的人主持的讨论。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The meeting was led by the assistant to the National Police chief for intelligence affairs.
      • She leads singing groups for boys and girls, teaching them traditional songs.
      • Paddy, who is one of the original Folk Choir now leads the group and has given wonderful commitment in trying to keep the group together for a number of years.
      • On Saturday morning there was a meditation followed by a session on healing led by a psychotherapist.
      • Four aviators were selected as the pilots to be trained in a program led by test pilot Scott Crossfield.
      • They have received specialist training led by Stephen Attwood, a consultant surgeon at Hope.
      • The session was organised and led by the Community Librarian for Warminster.
      • Those wanting to get a little closer to their dates can hit the dance floor and join the salsa experience, led by experts in the dance.
      • In his spare time, he leads the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, a network of more than 3,000 people who claim to have seen the Sasquatch.
      • She had led a £100m management buyout just one year previously.
      • No droning or monotonous lectures, the professor's job is to lead and move the discussion.
      • Laura usually does all the games, and Jason leads the Bible study.
      • The walk will be led by experienced guides who will give a talk on the history and folk lore of the areas.
      • He leads a tour for Friends of the Royal Academy to Picasso museums and sites in Barcelona, Madrid and Malaga.
      • The course will be led by an experienced tutor with training in French, English and Caribbean cookery.
      • He had travelled to Greece on an excursion organised by Touchdown Tours, led by Surrey man Paul Coppin.
      • A project leader was an experienced field biologist responsible for leading field activities.
      • Instructor Mark Sullivan will be leading the sessions and will also be offering advice on nutrition and training.
      • One of the passengers from the Turkey flight became so frustrated that she stood on the stairway near the carousel and led a rebellion.
      • The groups consisted of six to eight volunteer general practitioners, each led by an experienced group leader.
    2. 3.2 Be the principal player of (a group of musicians)
      为（乐队）领奏
      since the forties he has led his own big bands

      40年代起，他就担任自己的大乐队的领奏。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The group has a wide repertoire and is led by Carol Green, a music teacher, choir trainer and flautist.
      • The Bristol-based Emerald Orchestra is led by Roger Huckle with conductor Benjamin Nicholas.
      • Hutchinson, a singer and musician who once led the Straight Ahead Jazz ensemble, does vocals on the disc.
      • Blues Breakdown, the regular house band, were amiably led by organiser Mike Ford on guitar and lead vocals.
      • The musicians were members of the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, led by violinist Robert McFall.
      Synonyms
      be at the head of, be at the front of, head, spearhead
    3. 3.3 Set (a process) in motion.
      带动，导向
      they are waiting for an expansion of world trade to lead a recovery

      他们期待世界贸易扩大，从而带来经济复苏。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is a natural and familiar process of economic growth, led by economic connections between regions.
      • Hungary, Poland and Slovenia may well lead an accelerating regional recovery process.
      • The current phase of recovery has been led by consumption rather than by investments.
      • Even in Japan, the recent recovery was almost entirely led by exports.
      Synonyms
      take the first step, initiate things, break ground, break new ground, blaze a trail, lay the foundation, lay the first stone, set in motion, prepare the way, set the ball rolling, take the initiative, make the first move, make a start
    4. 3.4lead with" or "lead off withno object Start.
      开始
      the radio news led with the murder

      广播把该谋杀案作为头条新闻。

      Ned leads off with a general survey of the objectives
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One slide led with the worrisome stat that "Roughly a quarter of pirates cite speed as a reason for pirating."
      • It certainly gave me a heart-starter when John Howard led off with - there's going to be casualties here and I'm the man to lead you.
      • Leading off with appetizers, there are all kinds of delicious options.
      • The station instead chose to lead off with the news that Ryanair is set to lose reduced landing fees at Charleroi Airport.
      • Craig Bateman led off with a double followed by singles to Mick Youngberry, Matt Buckley, Terry Youngberry, Dave Youngberry, Jeff Mackney and a double to Matt Gahan.
      • The Wall Street Journal led off with an editorial October 18, and a week later the campaign had spread to the television networks and other daily newspapers.
      • My parents may watch a lot of television, but they don't care for the local news leading off with murders.
      • Two weeks ago, Stewart led off with a news story from CNN.
      • After Richard's powerful 15-minute pitch leading with the one simple word("Shoes!"), Alistair Spaulding greenlit the show immediately.
      • Maybe she should have led with the "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," because no one was impressed.
      Synonyms
      begin, start, start off, open, get going
    5. 3.5lead withBoxing no object Make an attack with (a particular punch or fist)
      〔拳击〕（以某种方式）出拳
      Adam led with a left

      亚当打出一记左拳。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He led with a wild flurry of punches, but they were blocked effortlessly.
      • He charged the man on the left, leading with his right fist and smashing it into the man's jaw dropping him to the floor.
      • In the middle rounds, Calderon also began to mix a right hook into his offensive game plan, both punctuating combinations and leading with this rediscovered weapon.
    6. 3.6Baseball no object (of a base runner) be in a position to run from a base while standing off the base.
      〔棒球〕（跑垒者）准备跑垒
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then all of the sudden I'd hear Vin coming in clear as a bell talking about Davey Lopes leading off of first base or something, and it was like a free ice cream cone had appeared in my hand.
      • A runner leading off second looks in at the catcher's signs and then signals to the batter.
    7. 3.7 (in card games) play (the first card) in a trick or round of play.
      （牌戏）出第一张牌
      he led the ace and another heart
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The person to the dealer's left leads a card, and everyone else plays a card, clockwise.
      • Discarding a picture card of a suit warns your partner not to lead that suit.
      • These games also have strong restrictions on the cards that can be led or played to a trick.
      • If you happen to have both aces in a suit, then it is not urgent to lead one.
      • In fact it is a normal tactic to lead lower spades to try to drive out the queen.
      Synonyms
      begin, start, start off, open, get going

  • 4no object Have the advantage over competitors in a race or game.

    （比赛，游戏）保持优势

    with complement he followed up with a break of 105 to lead 3-0

    他接下来连得105点，以3比0领先。

    with object the Wantage jockey was leading the field

    旺蒂奇的骑师领先于其他赛马。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By lap 35 he was leading but the race was far from being over.
    • She suffered the same fate in the 2001 world championships, leading until the final lap where she was overtaken by a trio of Ethiopians.
    • The following summer, Bonds played his first full season and led the National League in runs scored.
    • He led the National League in wins eight times and in complete games nine times.
    • You are the first Spaniard to lead the World Championship - how does that feel?
    • As a result Hislop, who leads nearest rival Sean Emmett by 13 points, had to rely on his time from the morning session of 51.542 sec.
    • United led for most of the game, but were rarely on top.
    • In a thrilling match, Bury led at the interval by one run, only to allow Bolton a comeback in the second innings and take the game by 10 runs.
    • The extra period remained close, and once again Avenue edged ahead, leading 78-76.
    • Latvia led from the start racing in the middle of the field with Spain in second.
    • Brent Charleton, who leads the Canada West Conference in scoring with 21.7-points per game, finished with 22 points.
    • He led for the entire race and was only caught in the last couple of strides.
    • He led throughout the race and qualified for the A-final with the fastest time.
    • Through Monday, he leads the Philadelphia Park jockey standings with 139 wins in 578 starts.
    • A patient power hitter, he led the National League in home runs twice and in walks four times.
    • Carleton has finished ahead the last two years and is leading by 10 this year as well.
    • Skipper Dean Barker led pretty much all the way and was 180 metres ahead just before the final mark.
    • Stewart had the dominant car through most of the race, leading for 283 laps.
    • He has led the Fair Grounds jockey standings for the last three years.
    • The pitcher who led the American League the most times in winning percentage is Lefty Grove.
    • He was leading after five events, but botched his floor exercise in the final rotation.
    • The man who stands third on the Volvo Order of Merit was leading the tournament until he dropped two strokes on the 11 th and one on the 16th.
    • Only 2001 champion Jeff Gordon led more races and more times than Marlin last season.
    • He pitched in 90 or more games in three seasons, leading the National League in each those years.
    • Grandera leads the World Series standings with 28 points, four more than stablemate Marienbard in second with 24.
    • The players were leading Italy 1-0 and left the field at the break to a standing ovation.
    • In the 15-lap event, he was leading until stewards forced him into the pits after the rear bumper began peeling off his car.
    • Derry got off to a great start and they led at the end of the first quarter, 16-2.
    • The visitors were leading 2-1 with the game entering the final minute when Toby Capstick snatched the equaliser.
    • He led the 2004 Masters after 36 holes, only to drop off the leaderboard.
    • The Argentine jockey leads the competition with 21 points.
    • Champion jockey Darley, with four winners, leads the jockeys' competition.
    • However, he led other National League third basemen in fielding only once in the ten seasons he won the award.
    • It looked all over in the second game when the Tyrone girls forged ahead and led by 19-8.
    • After easily leading most of the event, the team lost five laps due to two cable failures and fell to fifth in class.
    • She had led the U12 field up the climb but faded at the top to finish third overall in the race.
    • She led at 250m, stretching ahead as the Lithuanian slipped away.
    • Martin has led in 14 consecutive races dating to the final race of last season at Atlanta.
    • That means that they were leading by two holes with just one hole to play, therefore, that match was over.
    Synonyms
    be ahead, be winning, be in front, be out in front, be in the lead, be first, come first
    1. 4.1with object Be superior to (competitors or colleagues)
      领先于（竞争者，同事）
      there will be specific areas or skills in which other nations lead the world

      将会出现某些由其他国家执牛耳的特定领域或技术。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • All these considerations indicate clearly why countries like the USA and Japan lead the world in the innovation and exporting of high-technology products.
      • In the past, the company has frequently led the way leaving competitors to rush around behind it.
      • Swimming became a popular national exercise in which, for many decades, Britain led the world.
      • The country's operators have led the way in experimenting with the wireless music business.
      • In pioneering a new sort of scholarly publication the National Trust could lead the world.
      • The United States, because of its large research base, has led in initiating technology.
      Synonyms
      be at the front of, be first in, be ahead of, head
      outdistance, outrun, outstrip, outpace, leave behind, get (further) ahead of, draw away from, shake off
      outdo, excel, exceed, surpass, outclass, transcend, top, trump, cap, beat, better
      widen the gap
      informal leave standing, walk away from, run rings around
      archaic outrival, outvie

  • 5Have or experience (a particular way of life)

    过（特定生活）

    she's led a completely sheltered life

    她过着一种完全受庇护的生活。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We welcome anyone to Bolton if their intention is to lead a responsible law-abiding life.
    • I feel like I've been kept in the dark over this, either that or I've led a very sheltered life.
    • What factors cause people to drop out of their present lives and lead a completely separate existence in another country?
    • Tyler would lead a completely different life from his parents.
    • Charles will be taking his GCSEs at Bingley Grammar School this year and is managing to lead a relatively normal life.
    • My aim is to lead a completely nonviolent life, in which I harm nothing.
    • He had many friends and led an active life right up to the very end.
    • She leads a rather sheltered life, working as a nurse and residing in a state run asylum.
    • Fear is a personal demon that must be harnessed and managed by each and every one of us if we are to lead and experience truly fulfilled lives.
    • I've led a very sheltered existence and haven't got a clue what it's like in the real world.
    • She is receiving regular treatment and leading an extremely active and healthy life.
    • The three friends are rich and leading a life of luxury after having won all that reward money in the previous film.
    • Children with diabetes can lead normal, healthy lives if their diabetes is managed properly.
    • I'll be the first to admit that I've led a somewhat sheltered life since arriving in Bulgaria last January.
    • I thought how lucky we are to be able to take command of our lives by leading a healthy and active lifestyle.
    • Alice is in her first year of a B.A., has long curly hair, and has led an overly sheltered life.
    • Others went on to lead normal, peaceable lives.
    • They obviously have been leading very private, very separate lives for many years now.
    • My mate reckons I've led a very sheltered life.
    • He made a good recovery but had to lead a quieter life.
    Synonyms
    experience, have, live, pass, spend, undergo
noun liːdlid

  • 1The initiative in an action; an example for others to follow.

    表率，榜样

    Britain is now taking the lead in environmental policies

    英国现在是环保的榜样。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She said the Government's proposals had too many exemptions to be effective and it would be good for the city to be taking its own lead on the issue.
    • There is always the temptation to follow the lead of your friends, neighbors, or idols.
    • They are nowhere to be seen in precisely the very forum where they should be taking the lead.
    • Rich countries should follow the lead of poor countries and adopt a more systematic way of controlling the cost of drugs
    • The school will also follow the lead of 30 other schools in the borough and operate a daily breakfast bar.
    • Sasha impressed the judges by taking the lead and looking after some of the younger children attending the event.
    • He said there was no intention to follow the lead of some other professional firms by quitting Bradford in favour of Leeds.
    • Well done to Wandsworth Council for taking the lead in this initiative.
    • Here is a case where the military can afford to follow the lead of industry in many areas and adapt what is available.
    • The United Nations is responsible for enforcing its resolutions and should take the lead.
    • She is not one to follow the lead of others and will say things regardless of the impact it will have on her political career.
    • Thank you for taking the lead and showing us that one person can make a difference.
    • Let us follow the lead of pesticide-free cities and make a safe and beautiful home for us all to live in.
    • But why should the UK follow the lead of these progressive European countries and US states?
    • I am going to follow the lead of a number of other bloggers and take a break now (another one, I know).
    • I am calling on every member of this party to follow the lead I have given.
    • Each Area conducted their own ballot, and it was expected that the others would follow the lead set by the Yorkshire Area.
    • Most heavy drinking and even drug taking is experimental or done to follow the lead of friends, and may only be tried a few times.
    • But I think it is parents who really need to be taking the lead on good diet by helping their children to form healthy eating habits.
    • They have been praised for taking up the issue and it is hoped other schools will follow their lead.
    Synonyms
    first position, head place, forefront, primacy, dominance, superiority, precedence, ascendancy
    pre-eminence, supremacy, advantage, edge, upper hand, whip hand
    head start
    1. 1.1 A piece of information that may help in the resolution of a problem.
      线索
      detectives investigating the murder are chasing new leads

      调查该谋杀案的侦探正在查找新线索。

      I have a lead on a job that sounds really promising
      Example sentencesExamples
      • With no immediate strong leads and few clues on the home front, Detective Inspector John Capstick of Scotland Yard initially believed a London gang was responsible for the robbery.
      • At the time of Gene's call, I had already been preparing to check out a lead on an ivory-bill sighting in Louisiana.
      • We are following up on certain leads and hope this information will lead us to a breakthrough.
      • Detectives searching for a missing Hull woman are following new leads which suggest she may have headed off to see her boyfriend after all.
      • She said there have been no leads or clues to their whereabouts.
      • Harry and the Contessa are called away to Venice, where an old friend has a new lead on an insurance scam.
      • Already appeals for information have brought a response and possible leads are being followed up very closely.
      • Following a vague lead on a job, Raphael finds himself in a basement sitting across from a man in a wheelchair.
      • He said the police, who have carried out house-to-house inquiries and put up posters about the shooting around the town, are following up leads into the attack but want more information.
      • Officers are looking for new leads and clues as they hunt the sex fiend who assaulted a 17-year-old girl at knifepoint on February 25.
      • Crimestoppers rewards of up to £5,000 are being offered to anyone who supplies a new lead.
      • They can bring in other officers when they need to and they have been chasing all kinds of leads.
      • Many new leads and interesting facts have been discovered about the past through this new medium.
      • Any leads or information would be greatly appreciated and can be reported to campus police at ext.4911.
      • In fact it was Don who gave Bob the lead on a rental house in early September.
      • A congressional report into the attacks published a year ago found evidence that leads were overlooked.
      • After a dead body turns up in a camper, the two police forces come into competition for clues, leads, and solutions to the vicious crime.
      • Our possible lead on a new home turned out to be a dead-end.
      • But detectives said most of these leads had been followed up without any sign of a breakthrough in the case.
      • Some days yield nothing by way of new information and fresh leads, while others open avenues hitherto blocked.
      • They can coordinate actions, track down leads, and research other law enforcement tools.
      Synonyms
      clue, pointer, guide, hint, tip, tip-off, suggestion, indication, indicator, sign, signal, intimation, inkling
      (leads), evidence, information
    2. 1.2 Someone or something that may be useful, especially a potential customer or business opportunity.
      setting up a social networking page can help you get numerous leads
      the goal of marketing is to generate leads so the sales people can close them
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Through the end of the third quarter, there were 252 leads generated.
      • Planning an ongoing marketing campaign ensures a steady stream of new business leads.
      • There was consistent traffic, and we generated a significant number of good leads with many different types of buyers, big and small.
      • These groups share prospective leads between people in different businesses.
      • Companies need to be able to handle surges, otherwise the cost of generating leads is wasted and prospective customers who cannot get through may get such a bad impression of the company that they do not bother calling back.
      • He made it a personal rule to generate at least one business lead for each new contact.
      • But believe it or not, many of those dropped leads can be turned into profitable business with a little extra sales effort.
      • The remaining $6 million in sales were brought in by resellers using leads generated from visitors to the site.
      • A key function of a salesperson is to assist in the process of identifying and generating leads in conjunction with marketing.
      • He tells rookie brokers that community work should be something "they sincerely believe in" and not pursued with the intention to find leads.
      • What marketing activities (for example, how many calls) are needed to generate a solid lead?
    3. 1.3 (in card games) an act or right of playing first in a trick or round of play.
      （牌戏）出第一张牌
      it's your lead

      该你先出牌。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Thereafter, the lead alternates between the two players, irrespective of who wins the tricks.
      • If it was not the last trick, the lead for the next trick passes to the left.
      • The queen may take a trick with more points later or win the lead at a crucial moment.
      • Pull as much trump as you can without giving away the lead before you go off into another suit.
      • The player on the dealer's right has the first lead, and the winner of the trick leads to the next trick.
    4. 1.4 The card played first in a trick or round.
      （牌戏）出第一张牌
      the ♦8 was an inspired lead
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some play that the first lead in stage three must be the lowest card in the player's hand.
      • The winner of the trick is the last person who played a card of the same rank as the original lead or a wild card.
      • If the lead is a trump card all the other players must play trump as well unless they don't have any.
      • Most often no one will be able to beat the lead and the led cards will win the trick.
      • Another possibility is to require that alternate leads are red and black.

  • 2the leadA position of advantage in a contest; first place.

    （竞赛）优势，领先地位；第一

    the team burst into life and took the lead
    they were beaten 5-3 after twice being in the lead

    两次领先之后，他们以3比5失利。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He missed a series of chances, before and after United took the lead.
    • I took the lead on lap 41 when I passed him on the inside at the hairpin, and went on to win.
    • They were deservedly in the lead for three quarters of the game but were pipped on the post by a penalty five minutes from the end.
    • You couldn't categorically say that Mexico deserve to be in the lead, but on the other hand they haven't done much wrong either.
    • The Milan fans were really quiet until they took the lead, then it was as if someone just turned the volume up.
    • He was, however, mildly critical of them for dropping back and not seizing the initiative after taking the lead.
    • However, the game was turned on its head in the space of two minutes with Villa taking the lead.
    • After a goalless first half the home side took the lead just after the break.
    • He is tough to catch when he has the lead in the final round.
    • We took the lead through a penalty and the lad who gave the penalty away was lucky not to have been sent off.
    • They should have won but became more cautious after they took the lead instead of going all out for a second goal.
    • However, we made crucial errors, including one with four minutes to go when we were still in the lead!
    • The second half was a thrill a minute, with the lead being exchanged frequently.
    • The following week, she took the lead in the overall World Cup.
    • Brazil, meanwhile, looked poor on the whole but created five great chances and are unlucky not to be in the lead.
    • They only had to wait five minutes to regain the lead with a try of real quality.
    • We've gone in third and come out in the lead several times lately, and that is a real morale booster for the team.
    • In a poor first half, the visitors did just enough to merit taking the lead.
    • He was in the lead by a 1.5-point margin and nobody seemed capable of spoiling his dream.
    • In fact they held the lead until midway through the second half when the festivities took their toll.
    Synonyms
    leading position, leading place, first place, advance position, van, vanguard
    ahead, in front, winning, leading the field, to the fore
    informal up front
    leading, first, top, foremost, front, head
    chief, principal, main, most important, premier, paramount, prime, primary
    1. 2.1 An amount by which a competitor is ahead of the others.
      领先（以数量表示）
      the team held a slender one-goal lead

      该队以一球的微弱优势领先。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the 2004 Asia Cup final, India enjoyed a one-goal lead against Japan at the same venue.
      • With three league games left to play, one more than Liverpool, Everton hold a three-point lead over their neighbours.
      • He could have given England a probably unassailable two-goal lead.
      • A Robinson penalty just before half-time gave Hill a one-point lead at the break.
      • Chelsea held a 12-point lead over their nearest rivals, and continually found ways to win.
      • I was confident, knowing that with a minute lead over Jan, with the rain and the wind, I had no reason to take risks.
      • Ann held a two shot lead over her nearest competitor, Kay Fanning, after the final eighteen holes.
      • The British athlete ran a personal best to win the 400m and gain a one point lead over his rivals.
      • Barry Eaton added the conversion to give the home side a six-point lead after 20 minutes.
      • But the party still maintains a healthy eight-point lead over the Conservatives on 31%.
      • They now have a four point lead over the Lancashire club and are eight points ahead of Oakworth.
      • By the time they reached the turn Woods had reduced the deficit and taken a one-shot lead over Leonard.
      • Australia hit back strongly, and a third Flatley penalty restored a four-point lead.
      • The Scot enters the final round with a three-shot lead as the European season climaxes today
      • Wolves have come from behind to win six of their last seven games and build a five-point lead over City.
      • But alas, my prediction was awry and Scunthorpe now bear a seemingly unassailable seven-point lead going into Christmas.
      • The good times were back we thought as a four points deficit was turned into a two-point half-time lead.
      • Going into the final day, Real Madrid had a one-point lead over bitter rivals Barcelona, who had not topped the table all season.
      • Cork gave their followers some heart-stopping moments after surrendering an eight-point lead in the second half.
      • The away side hit the woodwork in the opening minutes before Shipley opened a two-goal half-time lead.
      Synonyms
      winning margin, margin, gap, interval

  • 3The chief part in a play or film.

    （戏剧，电影）主要角色

    she had the lead in a new film

    她主演一部新电影。

    as modifier the lead role
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the 1950s, the actor Montgomery Clift turned down the lead parts in four films.
    • In fact, she's desperate to get maximum exposure and sets her sights on the lead role in the school play.
    • He has put off a gap-year trip to New Zealand to play one of the five lead roles in the drama.
    • Another choice the director made was to cast non-professional actors in the leads.
    • So who do you think will take the lead role when Hollywood snaps up the movie rights?
    • I'd like to play the lead in a feature film.
    • She then goes for her first audition against opposition from 190 other girls and wins a lead in a Bollywood film.
    • As an aspiring filmmaker and screenwriter, I would definitely use you in a lead role.
    • If the film had been more serious or darker, and a better actress played the lead, I might have liked it much more.
    • It has two fine actors in the leads, and some decent actors supporting.
    • He saw her on TV and gave her the lead in his film.
    • Most of all, she was fortunate in finding the right young actress for the lead role.
    • The show changes casts frequently, with a new female celebrity taking the lead in every new city.
    • Unless it's an outright silent film, you are never going to see a film in which the lead characters have less dialogue than this one.
    • Considering this is her first lead role in a feature film, she is very impressive.
    • He is one of the most daring characters to appear as the lead in a major film in years.
    • A cast of four professional actors are to take the lead roles in the drama and are looking for people to fill out the cast.
    • The script was gritty and the role of the lead character interested Kirk Douglas greatly.
    • So here she gets a big studio to give her a lead role where she plays a strong, self-reliant woman.
    • The film might not have been so memorable with a more conventional actress in the lead.
    Synonyms
    leading role, star/starring role, star part, title role, principal part
    star, principal character, male lead, female lead, leading man, leading lady, hero, heroine, protagonist
    1. 3.1 The person playing the chief part.
      担任主要角色的演员
      he still looked like a romantic lead

      他看上去仍然像一个传奇式的主角扮演者。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • There's comedic and romantic potential in the concept of beautiful leads playing divorce lawyers who accidentally get married.
      • A few problems have kept him from succeeding: the script is banal and his two leads aren't great actors.
      • The romantic leads have excellent voices, naturally, but also a presence that holds your attention.
      • The romantic leads ended up falling in love during the course the production and the rest, as they say, is history.
      • The four leads are not actors that instantly strike me as the master thespians of our age, and yet here they bring unique strengths and gifts to their characters.
      • The three leads approach their roles with gusto, but it's simply not enough to overcome a weak and wandering screenplay.
      • When you stop to think about it, this film is nothing without a strong lead in Stu's role.
      • He heaps too much responsibility on his actors and thus strains the abilities of his two leads.
      • The 80-film-old Hollywood producer is scouting for a female lead for his new film.
      • One of the leads and her understudy were hurt when their trailer flipped.
      • The two leads are playing roles they aren't suited for.
      • I'm not sure either of the leads is a good actor.
      • It was all really quite endearing, and held up by the fact its leads could act and the script wasn't rubbish.
      • He speaks as both the film's director and star, and rightly heaps praise on his cast, both leads and supporting actors, whose excellent work adds much depth to the film.
      • He is not a strong enough actor to be the lead in a film, and that adds to the failure of the movie.
      • Luckily, the chemistry between the romantic leads feels real.
      • So when I was looking for a beautiful woman as a lead for my film, I saw the one she was in and thought she was very good.
      • The female lead in the film was originally a medical student who became interested in acting.
      • Apart from the two male leads who were professional actors, non-professionals played all the other roles.
      • As I have said dozens of times, romantic movies are made or broken by how well the leads interact with each other.
    2. 3.2usually as modifier The chief performer or instrument of a specified type.
      领演者，领奏者；领奏乐器
      a lead guitarist
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The performance as a whole and the lead dancers were very warmly received.
      • As I said before, the drums and bass were often the lead instruments of the band.
      • He is widely known as the composer of concertos, a form of music with a small orchestra and solo lead instrument.
      • The following week she flew to Las Vegas to begin rehearsals for her first eight-week stint as the lead soloist.
      • Jeremy would sometimes get a solo in such cases, sharing them with Greg, the lead guitarist.
      • As a young musician he became the lead singer in a rock band.
      • The drums are not just used as a way of keeping time with the song, but actually as a lead instrument.
      • Steve plays all the other instruments and provides lead vocals too.
      • He wanted his lead performers to have a great vocal presence.
      • These three make up the band's trio of lead vocalists and songwriters.
      • Susan joined BBC West's news team, based in Bristol, as a lead presenter in 1991.
      • Four hours before the band was supposed to perform, the lead singer and guitarist was still in New York.
      • All I have to do when writing a vocal track is bear in mind that the lead instrument will be the voice.
      • Each track is very well constructed, with the percussion and synthetic sounds serving as lead instruments.
      • The key to this production is the two lead performers.
      • She couldn't help but smile at the group of fifteen year old girls gushing about how cute the lead dancer was.
      • When bands break up, everyone from the lead singer to the rhythm guitarist releases a solo album.
      • Eric was the lead singer and the main focal point of the band.
      • Contemporary music is played by an orchestra that mainly uses European instruments with a lead singer and chorus.
      • The group repeats a chorus or claps while a lead singer or drummer sets the pace.
    3. 3.3 The item of news given the greatest prominence in a newspaper, broadcast, etc.
      杂志或报纸的头条消息
      the ‘pensions revolution’ is the lead in the Times
      as modifier the lead story on CNN
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Again, all the prime minister had to do was call for calm and he was part of the lead news story.
      • The New Yorker magazine devoted its lead comment piece to a fervently argued case against war.
      • When a story like this is promoted to the lead item on national news bulletins, you know that all perspective has gone out of the window.
      • Our lead story in this week's edition of online is an examination of the criminal gangs who commit much of the world's cyber crime.
      • Both local newspapers published lead editorials calling for the privatization of the system.
      • Can I say how refreshing it was to read your lead story on Dyslexia this week.
      • It still grates that the Key/Collins thing is the lead on the TV news when MSM ignore the whole bigger picture that most of us seem to have successfully grasped
      • Tomorrow's New York Times is a carrying a lead story on the sizzling Indian economy.
      • There's no subtle coincidence at work in the two lead stories in Time magazine this week.
      • Rivalry between the Advertiser and the Register was fierce, and the two went to great lengths in competition for lead stories.
      • Write your message as if it were the lead story on tonight's 6 o'clock television newscast.
      • Highlights include our lead story on how tactical voting using the internet could prove crucial in the upcoming general election.
      • The fight was still the lead item on the local news last night.
      • Her article is the lead in "The New York Times" today.
      • The Indian Express, which was slipped beneath my hotel door, had the monsoon's arrival as its lead story.
      • To them, the lead story is the one with the biggest and boldest headline, whether it is to the right or the left.
      • Formula one made the lead story on the front page of the Financial Times last week, for example, and for the wrong sort of reason.
      • The following morning, newspapers across Canada made the story their front-page lead.
      • Readers can see the lead stories each day for free but virtually everything else requires a subscription.
      • The lead story in the paper concerned a shipment of silver bullion, which had disappeared four months earlier.
    4. 3.4US The opening sentence or paragraph of a news article, summarizing the most important aspects of the story.
      the newswire will be offering two different leads for certain stories, so editors can pick and choose
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The lead is what attracts a reader's attention in the first place, but it is the body of the story that holds it.
      • The lead should tell the reader the most important information in the story.
      • After reading the lead, your reader makes a critical decision: shall I read on?
      • Identifying the news, then, is the first key to editing a news lead.
      • Sometimes superlatives can be used to good effect in a lead.

  • 4British A strap or cord for restraining and guiding a dog or other domestic animal.

    〈英〉（牵狗等用的）带子，绳子

    the dog is our constant walking companion and is always kept on a lead
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I would like to warn people about those dog leads that stretch in order that their animals can have a wander.
    • The dogs are starting to get a little impatient, but I'm glad to say they are not allowed off their leads until the first fox has been sighted.
    • Or if the animal is on a lead, the owner stands apart as far as he can, looking away, thus making an attempt to disown it.
    • The prisoners were lifted to their feet, had their ankle bindings cut and ropes tied loosely round their necks like animal leads.
    • His first was Tara, whom he would take out on a lead around Belgravia after dark.
    • The Jack Russell ran around the children, and the lead wrapped round the neck of one of them.
    • One of the suspects let the animal off its lead and it ran after the victim.
    • You just wouldn't credit how difficult it is to take two little dogs out on leads.
    • Her comments have been backed by Bolton council chiefs, who are now advising people to keep their animals on leads.
    • They managed to loop a lead round its neck but it continued attacking her.
    • She was the inspiration for a collection of dog leads and collars I designed for a charity dog show at Harrods.
    Synonyms
    leash, tether, rein, cord, rope, chain, line

  • 5British A wire that conveys electric current from a source to an appliance, or that connects two points of a circuit together.

    导线，引线；连接线

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But this was long before digital technology, and the device was really little more than a box of tricks with a vast number of leads and connections sprouting from a junction box in the corner of the room.
    • He starts dragging out wires and leads, trying to fix the patching.
    • Police arrived at Osbaldwick Primary School in the early hours of yesterday morning to find a carpet of broken glass, and computer leads hanging out of the window.
    • On several of the satellites, we wound up having to re-attach the wire leads in order to make good contact.
    • There was a large metal case, with various wires, leads, and tubes connected.
    • Carry out a safety check: tidy trailing electrical leads, plug electricity points for young children and make sure your smoke detectors work.
    • He saw a flex lead, grabbed it and tried to tie her to her chair.
    • For the basic installation, the plus and minus 12-volt power leads are the only two other wires that need to be connected.
    • I saw a telephone sure enough, but smashed to pieces, the bare wire of its leads stretched across the room.
    • It connects using an internal network card and a lead running to the router.
    • We had to park the car right up against the bedroom window because the lead from the TV was too short to facilitate viewing anywhere else.
    • I checked the electrical leads, replaced a bolt someone had left out of the starter and tried to turn her over.
    • We'd better check the mains lead is plugged in properly at the back of your computer.
    • If I switch on my desktop and plug the monitor lead into the back of my laptop, will my laptop act as a monitor for the desktop or will it blow it up?

  • 6The distance advanced by a screw in one turn.

    螺距，牙距

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On a single thread screw the pitch and the lead are equal; on a double thread screw the lead is twice the pitch.
    • The lead is the reciprocal of the number of turns required to advance the screw axially.

  • 7An artificial watercourse leading to a mill.

    进入磨坊的人工水渠

    1. 7.1 A channel of water in an ice field.
      冰原上的水道
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Winter ice pack consists of a diverse mix of ice of different thicknesses and floe sizes, and of open water in leads.
      • In winter and early spring, there is less open water, but a substantial fraction of new, thin ice forms in leads opened by the constant motion of the ice pack.
      • The drift-ice fields were forced together with such speed, that Johnsen supposed that in a couple of hours the whole lead would be completely closed.
      • They finally got the break they needed when they found a way over the open water lead after a 15-hour slog through the blizzard.
      • In the Arctic, highest productivity occurs near ice edges and areas of open water such as leads and spaces between unstable floes.

Phrases

  • lead someone astray

    • Cause someone to act or think foolishly or wrongly.

      使误入歧途，使想入非非

      many people are led astray by strong feelings
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He's about to be married, but she leads him astray in the funniest ways.
      • They asked the police and Social Services to intervene because they feared the addict she was in love with was leading her astray.
      • He said: ‘It was my father who led me astray and gave me a sample of life abroad when we lived in America.’
      • Stay away from him, you are leading him astray, you are corrupting his simple mind.
      • The school year is just beginning, so make a concentrated effort not to let others lead you astray.
      • But I have never lied to you before, nor led you astray.
      • We have to avoid those whose purpose is to lead us astray.
      • What parent can guard against their child bumping into an unsavoury character who can lead them astray?
      • I'd been intending to go to the gym, but Andy led me astray and I ended up in the pub.
      • Everyone he meets seems intent on leading him astray.

  • lead someone by the nose

    • informal Control someone totally, especially by deceiving them.

      〈非正式〉（尤指用欺骗手段）彻底控制某人，牵着某人的鼻子走

      the government has been led by the nose by the timber trade so that it suppressed the report
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If there are impressionable folks out there looking for a guru to lead them by the nose, there are worse people they could latch onto.
      • And what's more, we don't need a politician to lead us by the nose through the ins and outs of what happens when a country is in the process of being colonised and asset stripped.
      • Many Europeans, in a way Americans find impossible to understand, are willing to let their elites lead them by the nose.
      • As the two start to get drunk, Robby loses what little willpower he has been able to muster (why he is so weak is also unexplained by the film) and Shane leads him by the nose into disaster.
      • On this one the military are being led by the nose by the politicians.
      • Mr Blair… is expected to lead Britain by the nose into the single currency.

  • lead from the front

    • Take an active role in what one is urging and directing others to do.

      起带头作用，带头干

      in his two appearances as captain, he led from the front
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The chief executive believes in leading from the front.
      • He led from the front and was never found wanting.
      • He has grown into the role as captain of the club he clearly loves and leads from the front.
      • He leads from the front and will not accept anything but total commitment; other players respond to that.
      • Needless to say, he has also established himself as a successful captain who leads from the front.
      • He was good to have on your side and a great captain who led from the front.
      • Years after its formation, the association has led from the front in introducing various programmes for protecting the river.
      • Unlike many leaders, he led from the front rather than from behind.
      • He leads from the front which is what a good captain should do and he is very good at taking care of the younger players.
      • Both she and her husband are role models in their respective ways and should lead from the front.

  • lead someone up (or down) the garden path

    • informal Give someone misleading clues or signals.

      〈非正式〉提供误导的线索（或信号）

      in a crime novel, the reader has to be led up the garden path
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The poor man is left wondering whether he was led up the garden path only to find out there is no free lunch in the offing.
      • It's very hard to convince a customer that the accountant is leading them up the garden path.
      • He said the people of Achill had been led up the garden path on the scheme.
      • The man may have led her up the garden path, but why did she let him do it?
      • Ministers were last night accused of leading Leeds down the garden path over its doomed Supertram project.
      • The only person who led the Prime Minister down the garden path was the Prime Minister himself.
      • She leads him up the garden path and into an increasingly messy saga of sex, lies and videotape.
      • She shouldn't have led her up the garden path.
      • No doubt there were angry phone calls last week from those writers who may have felt the company had led them up the garden path with its hints and spin.
      • And if I've led you up the garden path just to give you a silly acronym by which to remember something simple and obvious, I'm sorry.
      Synonyms
      deceive, mislead, lead on, delude, hoodwink, dupe, trick, ensnare, entrap, tempt, entice, allure, lure, beguile, tantalize, tease, frustrate, flirt with, inveigle, seduce, take in, fool, pull the wool over someone's eyes, gull
      informal string along, take for a ride, put one over on

  • lead with one's chin

    • 1informal (of a boxer) leave one's chin unprotected.

      〈非正式〉（拳击运动员）未保护下巴

      Example sentencesExamples
      • That's known in boxing parlance as leading with your chin.
      • If you've got a glass jaw and you lead with your chin, you shouldn't be surprised when you wind up unconscious on the canvas.
      • Being out front hasn't always been pleasant for Meeks, who occasionally leads with his chin.
      1. 1.1Behave or speak incautiously.
        〈喻〉言行轻率，鲁莽行事
        she led with the chin and got her own way most of the time
        Example sentencesExamples
        • Journalists are reluctant to traffic in old material - as long as the candidate isn't leading with his chin.
        • And for a man who leads with his chin twice a week, he acts awfully surprised when someone takes a pop at it
        • Does it really make sense to lead with your chin on raising middle-class taxes?
        • In a largely politically correct town the candidate for mayor is leading with his chin.
        • He led with his chin, demanding that long-term board members stand down because they were ‘too old.’
        • We think we understand what he's trying to achieve, but as usual, he seems to be leading with his chin.
        • I am getting sick of her leading with her chin but she has once again taken the opportunity to do precisely that.
        • So, out of an assumption she had made, without knowing it, or a wish or a fear she didn't know she had, she led with her chin.
        • Just don't lead with your chin and rush in hoping for just one outcome: getting back together.
        • Until it can be clearly refuted, no one wants to take the chance of leading with their chin.

Phrasal Verbs

  • lead someone on

    • Mislead or deceive someone, especially into believing that one is in love with or attracted to them.

      欺骗某人（尤指使某人误以为自己深爱某人或被某人所吸引）

      she flirted with him and led him on
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She loathed Brent for leading her on, as she firmly believed he had.
      • He'd known for quite some time that she was in love with him, but he didn't want to lead her on.
      • It was unfair to Aaron for me to continue to lead him on like this when I was clearly still in love with Scott.
      • Only half of me was in love with him, and I didn't want to lead him on.
      • Is he leading her on, or is this a love that will conquer the world?
      • So before you go any further leading her on, you better figure out if you love her back or not.
      • He claimed in the witness box that the woman had led him on.
      • If she has never wanted something with me, then why has she led me on and told me that it will be different so many times?
      • You led me on, making me believe you actually cared!
      • She had been playing around with Christian, toying with his emotions, leading him on… and all along she'd had a boyfriend on the side.
      • I think I should really go for the kiss tonight to see if we have any attraction as I don't want to lead him on if there isn't any chemistry.
      • How long would you wait around if the girl you loved kept leading you on and then ditching you to date other men?
      • She denied telling a hotel doorman that she was so drunk she couldn't remember what happened, or saying she was not sure if she led Mr Boone on.
      • I was worried that maybe I had given him the wrong idea, led him on in some way, that maybe he was expecting me to have sex with him.
      • I just couldn't believe I had lead you on and been so insensitive.
      • Without flirting or leading him on, act the same way you used to.
      • I thought it must be my fault, I must have done something, I must have led him on.
      • It's never OK to force yourself on a woman, even if you think that she has been teasing and leading you on.
      • Had she lead him on and made him believe something totally different?
      • He said the girls had invited him to the bedroom and claimed they had led him on.
      Synonyms
      deceive, mislead, delude, hoodwink, dupe, trick, take in, fool, pull the wool over someone's eyes, gull
      ensnare, entrap, entice, allure, lure, beguile, inveigle, tempt, tantalize, tease, flirt with, seduce
      informal string along, lead up the garden path, take for a ride, put one over on

  • lead up to

    • Immediately precede.

      作为…先导（或准备）

      the weeks leading up to the elections

      选举前的几周。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We won eight games out of ten leading up to and during the New Year, which really made our mark.
      • Mrs Wood also suggested her son had reduced his medication in the weeks leading up to his death.
      • Weeks of preparation and discussions led up to Friday's ballot.
      • He had little recollection of what occurred after the incident, but a clear recollection of what led up to it.
      • The story is about the days and weeks leading up to his discovery of the test results.
      • We hope to be seeing them on this program often in the months ahead leading up to election.
      • Officers are keen to speak to anyone who saw him after that date and in the four days leading up to when he was found.
      • Long before the supermarkets took hold, the days that led up to Christmas some 50 years ago were very busy times for the shopkeepers in all towns.
      • Scotland, despite a poor series of results leading up to the tournament, possess lofty aspirations.
      • The days leading up to Christmas would be filled with the wrapping of gifts over there.
      • Could I now take your Honours to the passages which lead up to that?
      • In the weeks leading up to 13 August the Nazis attacked a series of black and left wing meetings.

Derivatives

  • leadable

    • adjective

Origin

Old English lǣdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leiden and German leiten, also to load and lode.

  • Two entirely different strands come together in the spelling lead, with different pronunciations. The lead that rhymes with ‘bead’ shares an ancient root with load; the lead that rhymes with ‘bed’ and means ‘a metal’ is related to Dutch lood ‘lead’ and German Lot ‘plumb line, solder’. The image in to lead someone by the nose, ‘to control someone totally’, is of an animal being led by a ring in its nose. Boxing gave us to lead with your chin ‘to behave or talk incautiously’. It refers to a boxer's stance that leaves his chin unprotected. See also balloon

Rhymes

abed, ahead, bed, behead, Birkenhead, bled, bread, bred, coed, cred, crossbred, dead, dread, Ed, embed, Enzed, fed, fled, Fred, gainsaid, head, infrared, ked, led, Med, misled, misread, Ned, outspread, premed, pure-bred, read, red, redd, said, samoyed, shed, shred, sked, sled, sped, Spithead, spread, stead, ted, thread, tread, underbred, underfed, wed accede, bead, Bede, bleed, breed, cede, concede, creed, deed, Eid, exceed, feed, Gide, God speed, greed, he'd, heed, impede, interbreed, intercede, Jamshid, knead, mead, Mede, meed, misdeed, mislead, misread, need, plead, proceed, read, rede, reed, Reid, retrocede, screed, secede, seed, she'd, speed, stampede, steed, succeed, supersede, Swede, tweed, weak-kneed, we'd, weed

lead2

noun lɛdlɛd

  • 1mass noun A soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. It has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints.

    （化学元素）铅（符号： Pb ）

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Under the new rules, electronic equipment must be free of lead and other heavy metals.
    • Its compounds tend to be found with ores of other metals, such as lead, silver, gold, and cobalt.
    • Most older paints contain lead, the particles of which are released by any means of stripping.
    • Their enterprise really began to grow after they switched from silver to pewter, an alloy of lead and tin.
    • They also detected high concentrations of lead and other heavy metals.
    • At the time she sank she had on board copper, lead and zinc ingots valued at over £300,000.
    • It is used because it is a heavier metal than lead and thus carries more impact against an armored target.
    • Unknown quantities of mercury, lead, chromium and cadmium are also on board.
    • Large quantities of lead are used in ammunition for both military and sporting purposes.
    • Drinking water also can become contaminated with pesticides, lead or other metals.
    • The most common cause of lead poisoning today is old paint with lead in it.
    • There's evidence that heavy metals such as lead and cadmium can make osteoporosis worse.
    • Crafted metal panels of copper, lead and even gold have changed little over the centuries.
    • Oxygen is also used in the production of other metals, such as copper, lead, and zinc.
    • The growth in the mining sector was due to increases in the output of diamond, zinc, copper and lead.
    • Most metal sulfates are soluble in water, except for barium, lead, and strontium.
    • The gold is melted in a high temperature furnace along with lead and silver.
    • This international metals and mining company has large businesses in alloys, copper and zinc, as well as gold, silver and lead.
    • The heavy elements like gold or lead or uranium are very rare in the universe.
    • Important heavy metals emitted by traffic and industry are lead and copper.
    1. 1.1 Used figuratively as a symbol of something heavy.
      Joe's feet felt like lumps of lead
      Example sentencesExamples
      • On the odd occasion I spent an extra hour on the training ground, but my legs were like lead the following day during the match.
      • My arms and legs felt like lead, and I immediately collapsed to the ground.
      • My feet were like lead and I was struggling.

  • 2An item or implement made of lead.

    铅制品，尤指

    1. 2.1leadsBritish Sheets or strips of lead covering a roof.
      〈英〉屋顶铅板
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The church was restored by the late Godfrey Allen, who renewed the leads of the roof.
      • The ladder was over-short, and it required an effort to heave oneself from it through the casement on to the leads.
    2. 2.2British A piece of lead-covered roof.
      〈英〉一块铅板屋顶
    3. 2.3leads Lead frames holding the glass of a lattice or stained-glass window.
      （格子窗或彩色玻璃窗的）铅框
    4. 2.4Nautical A lump of lead suspended on a line to determine the depth of water.
      〔航海〕（测量水深的）测深铅锤
      Example sentencesExamples
      • You'll feel weed fall against the line and the lead get picked up by the swell.
      • Deep soundings above 6 fathoms (11 m) were impracticable so the practice then was to sound the depth using a line and lead.
      • Some guy had probably come out in a rowing boat and dropped a lead line a few times on top of pinnacles like the one we had ascended, and marked the area as being flat.
      • A man leaped into the chains, and lowering down the lead sounded in seven fathoms.

  • 3mass noun Graphite used as the part of a pencil that makes a mark.

    （铅笔的）铅芯

    scrawls done with a bit of pencil lead
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sliding motion of those sheets over each other gives pencil lead its properties.
    • The transfer was made by first rubbing the back of their sketch with pencil lead.
    • Then I rubbed my lips, my beard, and my hands with pencil lead, and went to bed.

  • 4Printing
    A blank space between lines of print.

    〔印刷〕行间距

Phrases

  • get the lead out

    • informal Move or work more quickly.

      〈非正式，主北美〉加快脚步，加快工作

      Example sentencesExamples
      • As a final thought, I'd like to encourage any aspiring columnists to get the lead out and submit something.
      • I could hear Sarge's exhortations: ‘Come on girls, get the lead out’.
      • And if there are any bands out there drawing over one thousand kids a night, please give these guys a call - they're ready to get the lead out and rock yer body to the middle of the dance floor.
      • And if he ever gets the lead out and puts the thing online we'll be linking forthwith since it's sure to be a must-read.
      • Your 5 minutes has already started, so you better get the lead out and start talking.

  • go down like a lead balloon

    • informal (of something spoken or written) be poorly received.

      the idea would go down like a lead balloon
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The last attempt at vouchers, for nursery education, went down like a lead balloon.
      • As you can imagine, that suggestion of mine went over like a lead balloon among my fellow journalists.
      • My last caption competition went down like a lead balloon, so I'm hesitant to offer a prize.
      • The clay sculpture, however, has gone down like a lead balloon with some worshippers who are to ask for it to be removed or covered up during services.
      • He said: ‘This is going to go down like a lead balloon and they will have a real battle on their hands.’
      • The film is a cumbersome, wayward commercial endeavor that goes over like a lead balloon before plummeting into insignificance.
      • The administration has, in fact, stopped talking about the president's amnesty proposal because it went over like a lead balloon.
      • Here's hoping this guy's business goes over like a lead balloon.
      • Then there's the proposal of an eighteen-month pay freeze, and that too has gone down like a lead balloon within union ranks.
      • Predictably the news has gone down like a lead balloon, and not just among those who will be axed.

  • a lead foot

    • informal Used in reference to a person's habit of driving too fast.

      I had a lead foot in my younger days, and had quite a few accidents

  • lead in one's pencil

    • informal Vigour or energy, especially sexual energy in a man.

      精力，活力，（尤指）男人性能力

      Hot Springs water will put lead in your pencil!
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The old dog's still got some lead in his pencil.
      • That was just so I wouldn't be hit on by every Tom, Dick and Harry with an accounting degree and lead in his pencil.
      • Indeed, there's no way of showing the lead in your pencil quite like a forced merger.
      • A third term with a decent majority is really going to put lead in his pencil.
      • Who is responsible for the lack of lead in his pencil?
      • Yep those Oysters really put lead in your pencil.
      • In other words - eat meat and it'll put lead in your pencil.
      • I gathered snake was one of those foods thought to put lead in the old pencil.
      • I think the English equivalent is - ‘it puts lead in your pencil’.
      • Now we really will see if Gordon has any lead in his pencil.

Origin

Old English lēad, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch lood 'lead' and German Lot 'plummet, solder'.

verb.1
phr.
phr.v.
noun.1
phr.

lead1

verblidlēd
[with object]

  • 1Cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.

    带领（人）前进，牵着（动物）前进

    she emerged leading a bay horse

    她牵着一匹栗色马出现了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The multimillionaire, clad in a red prison garb, was led in handcuffs through a throng of TV cameras.
    • He dismounted and told Alana to slide back into the saddle, he would lead Charger along the trails on foot.
    • The blonde girl stepped forward leading a sickly boy of about two.
    • She pulled the horse to a halt, and led him by the rope.
    • On the way, with Jomo quietly walking beside the horses, leading them, Zara asked why there were two horses since the cart was small enough for only one horse.
    • She leads her husband by the hand like a child.
    • It is often said that you can't push a bull, you can only lead it from the front.
    • He took her by the hand and led her quickly forward, forcing her to jog to keep up with his long strides.
    • He led her with a rope tied around her hands.
    • More tears sprang to her eyes, but she headed towards the door to be led off by the guards.
    • You can also attach a lead rope to him and lead him around with you as you clean.
    • He emerged leading a woman in white silk.
    • After a brief sentencing hearing, Ms. Wilson is led off to begin to serve her time.
    • The Herald carried on its front page one of the suspects being led in handcuffs by detectives from his home.
    Synonyms
    guide, conduct, show, show someone the way, lead the way, usher, escort, steer, pilot, marshal, shepherd
    1. 1.1 Show (someone or something) the way to a destination by going in front of or beside them.
      给 …带路
      she stood up and led her friend to the door

      她起身把朋友带到门口。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The flight attendant led them to the first class seats.
      • He led them inside with his typical fearlessness.
      • He ploughed on, leading his stallion down the path and into the woods.
      • Brady walked in front of them and led them towards the cabin.
      • They lead the caravan through the pass, towards the steep descent that marked its exit.
      • He led them to the front gate and used the keycard to open the door.
      • Dad had stood up smiling and led the way back to the front door.
      • After the service, a police escort led the funeral parade to the cemetery in Cricklade Road.
      • I grinned as two guards stepped forward and began leading me out of the room.
      • Soon enough, Cate took charge and led the others up the tunnel, the torch held ahead of her.
      • The Greeks held the pass but eventually a traitorous Greek led a Persian force through the hills to the rear of the Greek forces, who were subsequently massacred.
      • He led two injured colleagues down a stairwell and then returned to help take another out on a stretcher.
      • She took his halter and began leading him along the edge of the cliffs.
      • He led his sisters through the forest.
      • A shepherd leads his flock of 50 from the Tuscan hills back to the farm.
      • He leads you on further through more passages and rooms until finally you arrive at your table.
      • She put a blue nylon halter on him and led him to the barn, making soothing noises.
      • She led them to the front desk, where an old man with graying hair sat reading an old newspaper.
      • Brooke led her sister through the house and down the stairs.
      • Raymond leads them to his friend's bungalow at the end of the shore.
      Synonyms
      be at the head of, be at the front of, head, spearhead

  • 2no object, with adverbial of direction Be a route or means of access to a particular place or in a particular direction.

    通往，指向

    the door led to a long hallway
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One evening I attempted to open the sliding glass door leading onto my balcony.
    • An outside dormitory door that led directly into one of the stairwells was in its fully open and unlocked position.
    • This door led into a large entrance hall extending up to a glass domed roof.
    • The old stairs led down into a small, single square room with an empty slate floor.
    • Through the window the craftsman can see the road that leads, in one direction, to the centre of the town and, in the other, to the next village, where his sister now lives.
    • The house had a long sprawling drive which led to the car park, it was a very posh place indeed.
    • Two sets of double doors lead to a spacious conservatory from where double doors lead out to the lawned back garden.
    • The boatman beaches us on a spit of land leading up to a stone house surrounded by willows.
    • A gate has been padlocked on an access road leading down to one beach to prevent vehicles getting too close.
    • There will be seating in the ticket office and automatic doors leading on to a covered waiting area and doors leading onto the platform.
    • He was now gesturing to us, pointing in the direction of the stairs leading out of the dorm.
    • He said it was near impossible to walk the riverbank route because it led down to a dead end.
    • The back door led straight into the kitchen.
    • Bear right around the building facing you to join the main access track leading into the garden centre where you may be tempted by the various plants for sale.
    • A flight of stairs led down into the darkness.
    • There was a large spiral staircase leading into the hallway in the front.
    • The marina has an adjacent pavilion at the top of a hill, with a staircase leading up to it.
    • ‘The routes leading into Leeds from this part of the city are already seriously overcrowded,’ he added.
    • Child alert pool alarms are also required to be fitted onto any door leading directly from the property into the pool area.
    • This route led away from the lake through bracken and heather, over a ridge between two hills.
    Synonyms
    open on to, give on to, connect to, connect with, provide a route to, communicate with
    1. 2.1with object Be a reason or motive for (someone)
      促使，让
      nothing that I have read about the case leads me to the conclusion that anything untoward happened

      从关于此案的资料中我没有看到任何迹象能让我得出发生了令人不快的意外之事的结论。

      with object and infinitive a fascination for art led him to start a collection of paintings

      对艺术的迷恋促使他收藏画作。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We are often led to believe that organic vegetables, free-range meat and handmade cheeses are luxury products.
      • This has led the government to try to limit wage increases to below that level.
      • The user is led to believe their card isn't working and the card is then kept by the device.
      • However, instead of a steady march of discovery and triumph, reason has led us to believe there are limits to achievement.
      • This chapter reviews the reasons which led Britain to seek entry, and the factors that have created tension with other member states.
      • It is that fondness for delving into experiences and locations that leads John to acknowledge that some people say he lives in the past rather than the present.
      • We have been led to believe this technology is completely foolproof and it is not at all.
      • When did the idea for the game first arise, and what were the key reasons that led you to decide to go ahead and develop it?
      • Natural selection leads us to expect animals to behave in ways that increase their own chances of survival and reproduction, not those of others.
      • Is the presence of a computer in a classroom as important as we are led to believe?
      • Neighborhood disorder leads honest people to move out of the neighborhood or to lock themselves in their homes.
      • It was a spell in the Cuban military that led him to choose a career in music.
      • This same false confidence led him to drive recklessly.
      • Although there is no evidence that the path has led residents to drive less, it did have a profound effect on their lives.
      • Now she lives alone in an apartment with her four cats, a solitude that has led her to consider moving to a monastery.
      • In the rest of this article, we discuss the ideas and reasoning that led us to our final decision.
      • The fellow who shuffled in was in every way the opposite of what I had been led to expect.
      • Omar's reflections on his wife's motives lead him to contemplate his own life.
      • The person or parties responsible for this terrible tragedy have yet to come forward which leads officials here to wonder who the next target is, if there is one.
      • His success led other parties to pledge to re-examine the country's generous refugee policy.
    2. 2.2no object Culminate in (a particular event)
      导致（某种情况）
      closing the plant will lead to the loss of 300 jobs

      关闭工厂将导致300人失业。

      fashioning a policy appropriate to the situation entails understanding the forces that led up to it

      制订切合形势的政策必须懂得导致这一形势的各种势力。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • A terrible cycle is established that will eventually lead to lower quality of care.
      • The workers believe that complete privatisation of the bank will lead to mass layoffs.
      • Anyway, this then led on to a discussion of the hymns - well, songs, really - which we had to sing in primary assembly.
      • The earliest instruments were made of a tube of wood, which led on to the Post Horn.
      • This led on to a Saturday job for which I got paid peanuts for washing hair, making teas and coffees and sweeping up.
      • The events of that day have led on to a war.
      • They are also worried that the development would ruin the area and lead to a loss of amenities.
      • This led on to a discussion about the war.
      • The bawdy humour came straight out of the music hall and it's a British tradition that led on to the Carry On films, Benny Hill and Les Dawson.
      • His family are convinced the drug was the cause of the depression which led to his death.
      • This will lead to loss of trade to the shopkeepers who are all having a hard enough time to make ends meet as it is.
      • He was later discharged with two scarred lungs which led to heart problems and a stroke.
      • Unexpectedly a comment I made in passing led on to a fascinating discussion.
      • Symptoms include fever, violent spasms, panic, hallucinations and coma leading eventually to death.
      • All we're told is that two cars bumped each other which led to a fight breaking out.
      • In some cases, they led on to research which was closer to ‘participant observation’.
      • His attempts at reform ultimately led to his downfall, and he has lived in exile in Italy since 1973.
      • Pub landlords and club owners claim a ban will ruin trade and could lead to the loss of jobs.
      • The investigation led to no arrests or convictions.
      • That led on to winning the FA Cup that year, and the European Cup Winners Cup in 1991.
      • It would probably have led on to granting Catholics exemption from tithes and the authority of Anglican courts.
      • His early fondness for working with horses led on to his interest in showjumping.
      • The crash left her with a blood clot which led to a massive stroke paralysing one half of her body.
      • Sudden ruptures of the artery can lead to fatal blood loss or severe brain damage.
      • The function of the kidneys may be impaired, leading eventually to failure.
      • The second led on to an examination of the contribution that recent brain research might make.
      • Early radio drama led on to television parts and minor roles in movies.
      • This led to a court battle with the council over custody of one of her sons and him remaining in care.
      • Each union campaign actually led to a decrease in the hours worked by Australian workers.
      • She would suffer if she was sent to prison and would have to close her business, leading to the loss of two jobs.
      • Further investigation led to the arrest of nine other gang members.
      • Exciting results from early small trials led on to several large studies of low dose aspirin.
      • Her selfless act of bravery led to the conviction of two girls who had mugged a pensioner.
      • This has led to a fall in prices greater than most of us in the trade can recall.
      • I agree with the opinion about how it can led on to harder drugs for certain people, but this is not everyone.
      Synonyms
      result in, cause, bring on, bring about, call forth, give rise to, be the cause of, make happen, create, produce, occasion, effect, engender, generate, contribute to, be conducive to, add to, be instrumental in, have a hand in, have a part in, help, promote, advance

  • 3Be in charge or command of.

    带领，率领

    a military delegation was led by the Chief of Staff

    军事代表团由参谋长率领。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Relieved of command, he led IX Corps for much of the rest of the war.
    • He proposed that a delegation of farm employees, led by himself, should go north to meet Lord Erne.
    • Each company is commanded by a major and consists of four platoons, led by a captain and sergeant first class.
    • An Allied command team had been formed in 1943, led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
    • Firm in our resolve, focused on our mission, and led by a superb commander in chief, we will prevail.
    • The Viking army, led by Harald Hardrada of Norway, charged into battle and trapped the English in a pincer movement.
    • Each team will be led by a working supervisor and based at the nearest available council depot.
    • He said the team would be led by the UN military adviser.
    • On that day the Chilean military, led by General Pinochet, overthrew the elected president, Salvador Allende.
    • At present, the school is being led by a unique management team.
    • Why did King Philip select a man who had never been to sea before to lead the world's then largest naval fleet?
    • He led an official Chinese delegation, which visited the northern Black Sea resorts over the weekend.
    • In August 1914, he was re-called to military service to lead the Eighth Army in Prussia.
    • This meant that they had to take on Fighter Command, led by Sir Hugh Dowding, of the Royal Air Force.
    • The delegation will be led by Representative Curt Weldon, a Republican from Pennsylvania.
    • He is responsible for leading the Metropolitan Police Service.
    • The military, led by General Fidel Ramoz, refused its continued support.
    • He appointed his most loyal friend to lead the army.
    • Millions of Italian voters will go to the ballot boxes today and tomorrow to decide who leads the next Italian government.
    • He is leading the official U.S. delegation to the areas battered by the tsunami.
    Synonyms
    be the leader of, be the head of, preside over, hold sway over, head
    1. 3.1 Organize and direct.
      组织，指导
      the conference included sessions led by people with personal knowledge of the area

      会议包括由对该领域有切身了解的人主持的讨论。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Laura usually does all the games, and Jason leads the Bible study.
      • The course will be led by an experienced tutor with training in French, English and Caribbean cookery.
      • Instructor Mark Sullivan will be leading the sessions and will also be offering advice on nutrition and training.
      • She had led a £100m management buyout just one year previously.
      • She leads singing groups for boys and girls, teaching them traditional songs.
      • A project leader was an experienced field biologist responsible for leading field activities.
      • They have received specialist training led by Stephen Attwood, a consultant surgeon at Hope.
      • One of the passengers from the Turkey flight became so frustrated that she stood on the stairway near the carousel and led a rebellion.
      • Those wanting to get a little closer to their dates can hit the dance floor and join the salsa experience, led by experts in the dance.
      • The groups consisted of six to eight volunteer general practitioners, each led by an experienced group leader.
      • On Saturday morning there was a meditation followed by a session on healing led by a psychotherapist.
      • Paddy, who is one of the original Folk Choir now leads the group and has given wonderful commitment in trying to keep the group together for a number of years.
      • He had travelled to Greece on an excursion organised by Touchdown Tours, led by Surrey man Paul Coppin.
      • In his spare time, he leads the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, a network of more than 3,000 people who claim to have seen the Sasquatch.
      • The meeting was led by the assistant to the National Police chief for intelligence affairs.
      • The session was organised and led by the Community Librarian for Warminster.
      • The walk will be led by experienced guides who will give a talk on the history and folk lore of the areas.
      • He leads a tour for Friends of the Royal Academy to Picasso museums and sites in Barcelona, Madrid and Malaga.
      • No droning or monotonous lectures, the professor's job is to lead and move the discussion.
      • Four aviators were selected as the pilots to be trained in a program led by test pilot Scott Crossfield.
    2. 3.2 Be the principal player of (a group of musicians)
      为（乐队）领奏
      since the forties he has led his own big bands

      40年代起，他就担任自己的大乐队的领奏。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The group has a wide repertoire and is led by Carol Green, a music teacher, choir trainer and flautist.
      • The Bristol-based Emerald Orchestra is led by Roger Huckle with conductor Benjamin Nicholas.
      • Hutchinson, a singer and musician who once led the Straight Ahead Jazz ensemble, does vocals on the disc.
      • The musicians were members of the Scottish Symphony Orchestra, led by violinist Robert McFall.
      • Blues Breakdown, the regular house band, were amiably led by organiser Mike Ford on guitar and lead vocals.
      Synonyms
      be at the head of, be at the front of, head, spearhead
    3. 3.3 Set (a process) in motion.
      带动，导向
      they are waiting for an expansion of world trade to lead a recovery

      他们期待世界贸易扩大，从而带来经济复苏。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is a natural and familiar process of economic growth, led by economic connections between regions.
      • The current phase of recovery has been led by consumption rather than by investments.
      • Hungary, Poland and Slovenia may well lead an accelerating regional recovery process.
      • Even in Japan, the recent recovery was almost entirely led by exports.
      Synonyms
      take the first step, initiate things, break ground, break new ground, blaze a trail, lay the foundation, lay the first stone, set in motion, prepare the way, set the ball rolling, take the initiative, make the first move, make a start
    4. 3.4lead with" or "lead off withno object Start.
      开始
      the news on the radio led with the murder

      广播把该谋杀案作为头条新闻。

      Ned leads off with a general survey of the objectives
      Donaldson led off with a double and took third on a grounder
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Craig Bateman led off with a double followed by singles to Mick Youngberry, Matt Buckley, Terry Youngberry, Dave Youngberry, Jeff Mackney and a double to Matt Gahan.
      • It certainly gave me a heart-starter when John Howard led off with - there's going to be casualties here and I'm the man to lead you.
      • The Wall Street Journal led off with an editorial October 18, and a week later the campaign had spread to the television networks and other daily newspapers.
      • My parents may watch a lot of television, but they don't care for the local news leading off with murders.
      • Leading off with appetizers, there are all kinds of delicious options.
      • After Richard's powerful 15-minute pitch leading with the one simple word("Shoes!"), Alistair Spaulding greenlit the show immediately.
      • Two weeks ago, Stewart led off with a news story from CNN.
      • Maybe she should have led with the "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," because no one was impressed.
      • One slide led with the worrisome stat that "Roughly a quarter of pirates cite speed as a reason for pirating."
      • The station instead chose to lead off with the news that Ryanair is set to lose reduced landing fees at Charleroi Airport.
      Synonyms
      begin, start, start off, open, get going
    5. 3.5lead withBoxing no object Make an attack with (a particular punch or fist)
      〔拳击〕（以某种方式）出拳
      Adam led with a left

      亚当打出一记左拳。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the middle rounds, Calderon also began to mix a right hook into his offensive game plan, both punctuating combinations and leading with this rediscovered weapon.
      • He charged the man on the left, leading with his right fist and smashing it into the man's jaw dropping him to the floor.
      • He led with a wild flurry of punches, but they were blocked effortlessly.
    6. 3.6Baseball no object (of a base runner) advance one or more steps from the base one occupies while the pitcher has the ball.
      the runner leads from first
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A runner leading off second looks in at the catcher's signs and then signals to the batter.
      • Then all of the sudden I'd hear Vin coming in clear as a bell talking about Davey Lopes leading off of first base or something, and it was like a free ice cream cone had appeared in my hand.
    7. 3.7 (in card games) play (the first card) in a trick or round of play.
      （牌戏）出第一张牌
      Example sentencesExamples
      • These games also have strong restrictions on the cards that can be led or played to a trick.
      • Discarding a picture card of a suit warns your partner not to lead that suit.
      • The person to the dealer's left leads a card, and everyone else plays a card, clockwise.
      • In fact it is a normal tactic to lead lower spades to try to drive out the queen.
      • If you happen to have both aces in a suit, then it is not urgent to lead one.
      Synonyms
      begin, start, start off, open, get going

  • 4Have the first place in (a competition); be ahead of (competitors)

    （竞赛中）领先，领先于（竞争者）

    the veteran jockey was leading the field

    旺蒂奇的骑师领先于其他赛马。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The man who stands third on the Volvo Order of Merit was leading the tournament until he dropped two strokes on the 11 th and one on the 16th.
    • A patient power hitter, he led the National League in home runs twice and in walks four times.
    • By lap 35 he was leading but the race was far from being over.
    • He led throughout the race and qualified for the A-final with the fastest time.
    • She suffered the same fate in the 2001 world championships, leading until the final lap where she was overtaken by a trio of Ethiopians.
    • In a thrilling match, Bury led at the interval by one run, only to allow Bolton a comeback in the second innings and take the game by 10 runs.
    • The extra period remained close, and once again Avenue edged ahead, leading 78-76.
    • After easily leading most of the event, the team lost five laps due to two cable failures and fell to fifth in class.
    • The following summer, Bonds played his first full season and led the National League in runs scored.
    • Latvia led from the start racing in the middle of the field with Spain in second.
    • The Argentine jockey leads the competition with 21 points.
    • Grandera leads the World Series standings with 28 points, four more than stablemate Marienbard in second with 24.
    • He led the 2004 Masters after 36 holes, only to drop off the leaderboard.
    • The visitors were leading 2-1 with the game entering the final minute when Toby Capstick snatched the equaliser.
    • Derry got off to a great start and they led at the end of the first quarter, 16-2.
    • She led at 250m, stretching ahead as the Lithuanian slipped away.
    • As a result Hislop, who leads nearest rival Sean Emmett by 13 points, had to rely on his time from the morning session of 51.542 sec.
    • He led for the entire race and was only caught in the last couple of strides.
    • United led for most of the game, but were rarely on top.
    • The players were leading Italy 1-0 and left the field at the break to a standing ovation.
    • Martin has led in 14 consecutive races dating to the final race of last season at Atlanta.
    • She had led the U12 field up the climb but faded at the top to finish third overall in the race.
    • You are the first Spaniard to lead the World Championship - how does that feel?
    • In the 15-lap event, he was leading until stewards forced him into the pits after the rear bumper began peeling off his car.
    • He has led the Fair Grounds jockey standings for the last three years.
    • Only 2001 champion Jeff Gordon led more races and more times than Marlin last season.
    • He led the National League in wins eight times and in complete games nine times.
    • The pitcher who led the American League the most times in winning percentage is Lefty Grove.
    • It looked all over in the second game when the Tyrone girls forged ahead and led by 19-8.
    • However, he led other National League third basemen in fielding only once in the ten seasons he won the award.
    • That means that they were leading by two holes with just one hole to play, therefore, that match was over.
    • Carleton has finished ahead the last two years and is leading by 10 this year as well.
    • He pitched in 90 or more games in three seasons, leading the National League in each those years.
    • Skipper Dean Barker led pretty much all the way and was 180 metres ahead just before the final mark.
    • Through Monday, he leads the Philadelphia Park jockey standings with 139 wins in 578 starts.
    • He was leading after five events, but botched his floor exercise in the final rotation.
    • Stewart had the dominant car through most of the race, leading for 283 laps.
    • Brent Charleton, who leads the Canada West Conference in scoring with 21.7-points per game, finished with 22 points.
    • Champion jockey Darley, with four winners, leads the jockeys' competition.
    Synonyms
    be ahead, be winning, be in front, be out in front, be in the lead, be first, come first
    1. 4.1 Be superior to (competitors or colleagues)
      领先于（竞争者，同事）
      there will be specific areas or skills in which other nations lead the world

      将会出现某些由其他国家执牛耳的特定领域或技术。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Swimming became a popular national exercise in which, for many decades, Britain led the world.
      • The country's operators have led the way in experimenting with the wireless music business.
      • In the past, the company has frequently led the way leaving competitors to rush around behind it.
      • The United States, because of its large research base, has led in initiating technology.
      • All these considerations indicate clearly why countries like the USA and Japan lead the world in the innovation and exporting of high-technology products.
      • In pioneering a new sort of scholarly publication the National Trust could lead the world.
      Synonyms
      be at the front of, be first in, be ahead of, head
    2. 4.2no object Have the advantage in a race or game.
      （比赛，游戏）保持优势
      Dallas was fortunate to lead 85-72
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Latvia led from the start racing in the middle of the field with Spain in second.
      • Carleton has finished ahead the last two years and is leading by 10 this year as well.
      • She led at 250m, stretching ahead as the Lithuanian slipped away.
      • Martin has led in 14 consecutive races dating to the final race of last season at Atlanta.
      • The visitors were leading 2-1 with the game entering the final minute when Toby Capstick snatched the equaliser.
      • He was leading after five events, but botched his floor exercise in the final rotation.
      • By lap 35 he was leading but the race was far from being over.
      • It looked all over in the second game when the Tyrone girls forged ahead and led by 19-8.
      • After easily leading most of the event, the team lost five laps due to two cable failures and fell to fifth in class.
      • Stewart had the dominant car through most of the race, leading for 283 laps.
      • He led for the entire race and was only caught in the last couple of strides.
      • She suffered the same fate in the 2001 world championships, leading until the final lap where she was overtaken by a trio of Ethiopians.
      • The extra period remained close, and once again Avenue edged ahead, leading 78-76.
      • In a thrilling match, Bury led at the interval by one run, only to allow Bolton a comeback in the second innings and take the game by 10 runs.
      • That means that they were leading by two holes with just one hole to play, therefore, that match was over.
      • Derry got off to a great start and they led at the end of the first quarter, 16-2.
      • United led for most of the game, but were rarely on top.
      • Skipper Dean Barker led pretty much all the way and was 180 metres ahead just before the final mark.
      • In the 15-lap event, he was leading until stewards forced him into the pits after the rear bumper began peeling off his car.
      • He led throughout the race and qualified for the A-final with the fastest time.
      Synonyms
      be ahead, be winning, be in front, be out in front, be in the lead, be first, come first

  • 5Have or experience (a particular way of life)

    过（特定生活）

    she's led a completely sheltered life

    她过着一种完全受庇护的生活。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've led a very sheltered existence and haven't got a clue what it's like in the real world.
    • Alice is in her first year of a B.A., has long curly hair, and has led an overly sheltered life.
    • He made a good recovery but had to lead a quieter life.
    • I thought how lucky we are to be able to take command of our lives by leading a healthy and active lifestyle.
    • My mate reckons I've led a very sheltered life.
    • He had many friends and led an active life right up to the very end.
    • Others went on to lead normal, peaceable lives.
    • We welcome anyone to Bolton if their intention is to lead a responsible law-abiding life.
    • What factors cause people to drop out of their present lives and lead a completely separate existence in another country?
    • I'll be the first to admit that I've led a somewhat sheltered life since arriving in Bulgaria last January.
    • The three friends are rich and leading a life of luxury after having won all that reward money in the previous film.
    • Children with diabetes can lead normal, healthy lives if their diabetes is managed properly.
    • Charles will be taking his GCSEs at Bingley Grammar School this year and is managing to lead a relatively normal life.
    • She leads a rather sheltered life, working as a nurse and residing in a state run asylum.
    • She is receiving regular treatment and leading an extremely active and healthy life.
    • Fear is a personal demon that must be harnessed and managed by each and every one of us if we are to lead and experience truly fulfilled lives.
    • Tyler would lead a completely different life from his parents.
    • My aim is to lead a completely nonviolent life, in which I harm nothing.
    • I feel like I've been kept in the dark over this, either that or I've led a very sheltered life.
    • They obviously have been leading very private, very separate lives for many years now.
    Synonyms
    experience, have, live, pass, spend, undergo
nounlidlēd

  • 1The initiative in an action; an example for others to follow.

    表率，榜样

    the US is now taking the environmental lead

    英国现在是环保的榜样。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The United Nations is responsible for enforcing its resolutions and should take the lead.
    • She said the Government's proposals had too many exemptions to be effective and it would be good for the city to be taking its own lead on the issue.
    • They have been praised for taking up the issue and it is hoped other schools will follow their lead.
    • But I think it is parents who really need to be taking the lead on good diet by helping their children to form healthy eating habits.
    • There is always the temptation to follow the lead of your friends, neighbors, or idols.
    • Well done to Wandsworth Council for taking the lead in this initiative.
    • Let us follow the lead of pesticide-free cities and make a safe and beautiful home for us all to live in.
    • Here is a case where the military can afford to follow the lead of industry in many areas and adapt what is available.
    • Thank you for taking the lead and showing us that one person can make a difference.
    • He said there was no intention to follow the lead of some other professional firms by quitting Bradford in favour of Leeds.
    • Most heavy drinking and even drug taking is experimental or done to follow the lead of friends, and may only be tried a few times.
    • She is not one to follow the lead of others and will say things regardless of the impact it will have on her political career.
    • Rich countries should follow the lead of poor countries and adopt a more systematic way of controlling the cost of drugs
    • But why should the UK follow the lead of these progressive European countries and US states?
    • They are nowhere to be seen in precisely the very forum where they should be taking the lead.
    • The school will also follow the lead of 30 other schools in the borough and operate a daily breakfast bar.
    • Each Area conducted their own ballot, and it was expected that the others would follow the lead set by the Yorkshire Area.
    • Sasha impressed the judges by taking the lead and looking after some of the younger children attending the event.
    • I am calling on every member of this party to follow the lead I have given.
    • I am going to follow the lead of a number of other bloggers and take a break now (another one, I know).
    Synonyms
    first position, head place, forefront, primacy, dominance, superiority, precedence, ascendancy
    1. 1.1 A piece of information that may help in the resolution of a problem.
      线索
      detectives investigating the murder are chasing new leads

      调查该谋杀案的侦探正在查找新线索。

      he went to a health fair hoping to get some leads on a job
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Following a vague lead on a job, Raphael finds himself in a basement sitting across from a man in a wheelchair.
      • With no immediate strong leads and few clues on the home front, Detective Inspector John Capstick of Scotland Yard initially believed a London gang was responsible for the robbery.
      • A congressional report into the attacks published a year ago found evidence that leads were overlooked.
      • He said the police, who have carried out house-to-house inquiries and put up posters about the shooting around the town, are following up leads into the attack but want more information.
      • Some days yield nothing by way of new information and fresh leads, while others open avenues hitherto blocked.
      • Our possible lead on a new home turned out to be a dead-end.
      • Many new leads and interesting facts have been discovered about the past through this new medium.
      • After a dead body turns up in a camper, the two police forces come into competition for clues, leads, and solutions to the vicious crime.
      • Already appeals for information have brought a response and possible leads are being followed up very closely.
      • Any leads or information would be greatly appreciated and can be reported to campus police at ext.4911.
      • In fact it was Don who gave Bob the lead on a rental house in early September.
      • But detectives said most of these leads had been followed up without any sign of a breakthrough in the case.
      • We are following up on certain leads and hope this information will lead us to a breakthrough.
      • They can coordinate actions, track down leads, and research other law enforcement tools.
      • Crimestoppers rewards of up to £5,000 are being offered to anyone who supplies a new lead.
      • Officers are looking for new leads and clues as they hunt the sex fiend who assaulted a 17-year-old girl at knifepoint on February 25.
      • At the time of Gene's call, I had already been preparing to check out a lead on an ivory-bill sighting in Louisiana.
      • She said there have been no leads or clues to their whereabouts.
      • Detectives searching for a missing Hull woman are following new leads which suggest she may have headed off to see her boyfriend after all.
      • They can bring in other officers when they need to and they have been chasing all kinds of leads.
      • Harry and the Contessa are called away to Venice, where an old friend has a new lead on an insurance scam.
      Synonyms
      clue, pointer, guide, hint, tip, tip-off, suggestion, indication, indicator, sign, signal, intimation, inkling
    2. 1.2 Someone or something that may be useful, especially a potential customer or business opportunity.
      setting up a social networking page can help you get numerous leads
      the goal of marketing is to generate leads so the sales people can close them
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Planning an ongoing marketing campaign ensures a steady stream of new business leads.
      • He tells rookie brokers that community work should be something "they sincerely believe in" and not pursued with the intention to find leads.
      • These groups share prospective leads between people in different businesses.
      • Companies need to be able to handle surges, otherwise the cost of generating leads is wasted and prospective customers who cannot get through may get such a bad impression of the company that they do not bother calling back.
      • Through the end of the third quarter, there were 252 leads generated.
      • A key function of a salesperson is to assist in the process of identifying and generating leads in conjunction with marketing.
      • The remaining $6 million in sales were brought in by resellers using leads generated from visitors to the site.
      • But believe it or not, many of those dropped leads can be turned into profitable business with a little extra sales effort.
      • He made it a personal rule to generate at least one business lead for each new contact.
      • There was consistent traffic, and we generated a significant number of good leads with many different types of buyers, big and small.
      • What marketing activities (for example, how many calls) are needed to generate a solid lead?
    3. 1.3 (in card games) an act or right of playing first in a trick or round of play.
      （牌戏）出第一张牌
      it's your lead

      该你先出牌。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Thereafter, the lead alternates between the two players, irrespective of who wins the tricks.
      • The player on the dealer's right has the first lead, and the winner of the trick leads to the next trick.
      • If it was not the last trick, the lead for the next trick passes to the left.
      • The queen may take a trick with more points later or win the lead at a crucial moment.
      • Pull as much trump as you can without giving away the lead before you go off into another suit.
    4. 1.4 The card played first in a trick or round.
      （牌戏）出第一张牌
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Another possibility is to require that alternate leads are red and black.
      • Most often no one will be able to beat the lead and the led cards will win the trick.
      • If the lead is a trump card all the other players must play trump as well unless they don't have any.
      • Some play that the first lead in stage three must be the lowest card in the player's hand.
      • The winner of the trick is the last person who played a card of the same rank as the original lead or a wild card.

  • 2the leadA position of advantage in a contest; first place.

    （竞赛）优势，领先地位；第一

    they were beaten 5-3 after twice being in the lead

    两次领先之后，他们以3比5失利。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, we made crucial errors, including one with four minutes to go when we were still in the lead!
    • However, the game was turned on its head in the space of two minutes with Villa taking the lead.
    • I took the lead on lap 41 when I passed him on the inside at the hairpin, and went on to win.
    • He is tough to catch when he has the lead in the final round.
    • He was in the lead by a 1.5-point margin and nobody seemed capable of spoiling his dream.
    • The following week, she took the lead in the overall World Cup.
    • We've gone in third and come out in the lead several times lately, and that is a real morale booster for the team.
    • They should have won but became more cautious after they took the lead instead of going all out for a second goal.
    • The second half was a thrill a minute, with the lead being exchanged frequently.
    • In a poor first half, the visitors did just enough to merit taking the lead.
    • He was, however, mildly critical of them for dropping back and not seizing the initiative after taking the lead.
    • They only had to wait five minutes to regain the lead with a try of real quality.
    • They were deservedly in the lead for three quarters of the game but were pipped on the post by a penalty five minutes from the end.
    • The Milan fans were really quiet until they took the lead, then it was as if someone just turned the volume up.
    • In fact they held the lead until midway through the second half when the festivities took their toll.
    • Brazil, meanwhile, looked poor on the whole but created five great chances and are unlucky not to be in the lead.
    • You couldn't categorically say that Mexico deserve to be in the lead, but on the other hand they haven't done much wrong either.
    • After a goalless first half the home side took the lead just after the break.
    • We took the lead through a penalty and the lad who gave the penalty away was lucky not to have been sent off.
    • He missed a series of chances, before and after United took the lead.
    Synonyms
    leading position, leading place, first place, advance position, van, vanguard
    leading, first, top, foremost, front, head
    1. 2.1 An amount by which a competitor is ahead of the others.
      领先（以数量表示）
      the team held a slender one-goal lead

      该队以一球的微弱优势领先。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The British athlete ran a personal best to win the 400m and gain a one point lead over his rivals.
      • Barry Eaton added the conversion to give the home side a six-point lead after 20 minutes.
      • With three league games left to play, one more than Liverpool, Everton hold a three-point lead over their neighbours.
      • The good times were back we thought as a four points deficit was turned into a two-point half-time lead.
      • But alas, my prediction was awry and Scunthorpe now bear a seemingly unassailable seven-point lead going into Christmas.
      • The Scot enters the final round with a three-shot lead as the European season climaxes today
      • I was confident, knowing that with a minute lead over Jan, with the rain and the wind, I had no reason to take risks.
      • In the 2004 Asia Cup final, India enjoyed a one-goal lead against Japan at the same venue.
      • The away side hit the woodwork in the opening minutes before Shipley opened a two-goal half-time lead.
      • But the party still maintains a healthy eight-point lead over the Conservatives on 31%.
      • They now have a four point lead over the Lancashire club and are eight points ahead of Oakworth.
      • Australia hit back strongly, and a third Flatley penalty restored a four-point lead.
      • Going into the final day, Real Madrid had a one-point lead over bitter rivals Barcelona, who had not topped the table all season.
      • Chelsea held a 12-point lead over their nearest rivals, and continually found ways to win.
      • Wolves have come from behind to win six of their last seven games and build a five-point lead over City.
      • A Robinson penalty just before half-time gave Hill a one-point lead at the break.
      • He could have given England a probably unassailable two-goal lead.
      • By the time they reached the turn Woods had reduced the deficit and taken a one-shot lead over Leonard.
      • Ann held a two shot lead over her nearest competitor, Kay Fanning, after the final eighteen holes.
      • Cork gave their followers some heart-stopping moments after surrendering an eight-point lead in the second half.
      Synonyms
      winning margin, margin, gap, interval
    2. 2.2Baseball An advance of one or more steps taken by a base runner from the base they occupy while the pitcher has the ball.

  • 3The chief part in a play or film.

    （戏剧，电影）主要角色

    she had the lead in a new film

    她主演一部新电影。

    as modifier the lead role
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It has two fine actors in the leads, and some decent actors supporting.
    • A cast of four professional actors are to take the lead roles in the drama and are looking for people to fill out the cast.
    • Most of all, she was fortunate in finding the right young actress for the lead role.
    • Unless it's an outright silent film, you are never going to see a film in which the lead characters have less dialogue than this one.
    • I'd like to play the lead in a feature film.
    • If the film had been more serious or darker, and a better actress played the lead, I might have liked it much more.
    • Another choice the director made was to cast non-professional actors in the leads.
    • He saw her on TV and gave her the lead in his film.
    • In the 1950s, the actor Montgomery Clift turned down the lead parts in four films.
    • So who do you think will take the lead role when Hollywood snaps up the movie rights?
    • So here she gets a big studio to give her a lead role where she plays a strong, self-reliant woman.
    • The show changes casts frequently, with a new female celebrity taking the lead in every new city.
    • Considering this is her first lead role in a feature film, she is very impressive.
    • The script was gritty and the role of the lead character interested Kirk Douglas greatly.
    • She then goes for her first audition against opposition from 190 other girls and wins a lead in a Bollywood film.
    • He has put off a gap-year trip to New Zealand to play one of the five lead roles in the drama.
    • As an aspiring filmmaker and screenwriter, I would definitely use you in a lead role.
    • In fact, she's desperate to get maximum exposure and sets her sights on the lead role in the school play.
    • He is one of the most daring characters to appear as the lead in a major film in years.
    • The film might not have been so memorable with a more conventional actress in the lead.
    Synonyms
    leading role, star role, starring role, star part, title role, principal part
    1. 3.1 The person playing the chief part.
      担任主要角色的演员
      he still looked like a romantic lead

      他看上去仍然像一个传奇式的主角扮演者。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He is not a strong enough actor to be the lead in a film, and that adds to the failure of the movie.
      • I'm not sure either of the leads is a good actor.
      • The four leads are not actors that instantly strike me as the master thespians of our age, and yet here they bring unique strengths and gifts to their characters.
      • He heaps too much responsibility on his actors and thus strains the abilities of his two leads.
      • When you stop to think about it, this film is nothing without a strong lead in Stu's role.
      • Luckily, the chemistry between the romantic leads feels real.
      • The romantic leads ended up falling in love during the course the production and the rest, as they say, is history.
      • The female lead in the film was originally a medical student who became interested in acting.
      • There's comedic and romantic potential in the concept of beautiful leads playing divorce lawyers who accidentally get married.
      • He speaks as both the film's director and star, and rightly heaps praise on his cast, both leads and supporting actors, whose excellent work adds much depth to the film.
      • It was all really quite endearing, and held up by the fact its leads could act and the script wasn't rubbish.
      • One of the leads and her understudy were hurt when their trailer flipped.
      • Apart from the two male leads who were professional actors, non-professionals played all the other roles.
      • The romantic leads have excellent voices, naturally, but also a presence that holds your attention.
      • As I have said dozens of times, romantic movies are made or broken by how well the leads interact with each other.
      • A few problems have kept him from succeeding: the script is banal and his two leads aren't great actors.
      • The two leads are playing roles they aren't suited for.
      • The three leads approach their roles with gusto, but it's simply not enough to overcome a weak and wandering screenplay.
      • The 80-film-old Hollywood producer is scouting for a female lead for his new film.
      • So when I was looking for a beautiful woman as a lead for my film, I saw the one she was in and thought she was very good.
    2. 3.2usually as modifier The chief performer or instrument of a specified type.
      领演者，领奏者；领奏乐器
      that girl will be your lead dancer

      那女孩将为你们领舞。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Susan joined BBC West's news team, based in Bristol, as a lead presenter in 1991.
      • The performance as a whole and the lead dancers were very warmly received.
      • Four hours before the band was supposed to perform, the lead singer and guitarist was still in New York.
      • Jeremy would sometimes get a solo in such cases, sharing them with Greg, the lead guitarist.
      • He wanted his lead performers to have a great vocal presence.
      • She couldn't help but smile at the group of fifteen year old girls gushing about how cute the lead dancer was.
      • All I have to do when writing a vocal track is bear in mind that the lead instrument will be the voice.
      • Eric was the lead singer and the main focal point of the band.
      • As I said before, the drums and bass were often the lead instruments of the band.
      • The group repeats a chorus or claps while a lead singer or drummer sets the pace.
      • The drums are not just used as a way of keeping time with the song, but actually as a lead instrument.
      • The following week she flew to Las Vegas to begin rehearsals for her first eight-week stint as the lead soloist.
      • Contemporary music is played by an orchestra that mainly uses European instruments with a lead singer and chorus.
      • Steve plays all the other instruments and provides lead vocals too.
      • These three make up the band's trio of lead vocalists and songwriters.
      • As a young musician he became the lead singer in a rock band.
      • When bands break up, everyone from the lead singer to the rhythm guitarist releases a solo album.
      • The key to this production is the two lead performers.
      • He is widely known as the composer of concertos, a form of music with a small orchestra and solo lead instrument.
      • Each track is very well constructed, with the percussion and synthetic sounds serving as lead instruments.
    3. 3.3 The item of news given the greatest prominence in a newspaper, broadcast, etc.
      杂志或报纸的头条消息
      the “pensions revolution” is the lead in the Times
      as modifier the lead story
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Highlights include our lead story on how tactical voting using the internet could prove crucial in the upcoming general election.
      • The New Yorker magazine devoted its lead comment piece to a fervently argued case against war.
      • When a story like this is promoted to the lead item on national news bulletins, you know that all perspective has gone out of the window.
      • Tomorrow's New York Times is a carrying a lead story on the sizzling Indian economy.
      • Can I say how refreshing it was to read your lead story on Dyslexia this week.
      • There's no subtle coincidence at work in the two lead stories in Time magazine this week.
      • Rivalry between the Advertiser and the Register was fierce, and the two went to great lengths in competition for lead stories.
      • The fight was still the lead item on the local news last night.
      • Readers can see the lead stories each day for free but virtually everything else requires a subscription.
      • The lead story in the paper concerned a shipment of silver bullion, which had disappeared four months earlier.
      • The following morning, newspapers across Canada made the story their front-page lead.
      • Our lead story in this week's edition of online is an examination of the criminal gangs who commit much of the world's cyber crime.
      • It still grates that the Key/Collins thing is the lead on the TV news when MSM ignore the whole bigger picture that most of us seem to have successfully grasped
      • To them, the lead story is the one with the biggest and boldest headline, whether it is to the right or the left.
      • Again, all the prime minister had to do was call for calm and he was part of the lead news story.
      • Write your message as if it were the lead story on tonight's 6 o'clock television newscast.
      • Her article is the lead in "The New York Times" today.
      • The Indian Express, which was slipped beneath my hotel door, had the monsoon's arrival as its lead story.
      • Both local newspapers published lead editorials calling for the privatization of the system.
      • Formula one made the lead story on the front page of the Financial Times last week, for example, and for the wrong sort of reason.
    4. 3.4US The opening sentence or paragraph of a news article, summarizing the most important aspects of the story.
      the newswire will be offering two different leads for certain stories, so editors can pick and choose
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Identifying the news, then, is the first key to editing a news lead.
      • The lead should tell the reader the most important information in the story.
      • Sometimes superlatives can be used to good effect in a lead.
      • After reading the lead, your reader makes a critical decision: shall I read on?
      • The lead is what attracts a reader's attention in the first place, but it is the body of the story that holds it.

  • 4British A leash for a dog or other animal.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Or if the animal is on a lead, the owner stands apart as far as he can, looking away, thus making an attempt to disown it.
    • You just wouldn't credit how difficult it is to take two little dogs out on leads.
    • Her comments have been backed by Bolton council chiefs, who are now advising people to keep their animals on leads.
    • They managed to loop a lead round its neck but it continued attacking her.
    • I would like to warn people about those dog leads that stretch in order that their animals can have a wander.
    • One of the suspects let the animal off its lead and it ran after the victim.
    • The Jack Russell ran around the children, and the lead wrapped round the neck of one of them.
    • His first was Tara, whom he would take out on a lead around Belgravia after dark.
    • The dogs are starting to get a little impatient, but I'm glad to say they are not allowed off their leads until the first fox has been sighted.
    • She was the inspiration for a collection of dog leads and collars I designed for a charity dog show at Harrods.
    • The prisoners were lifted to their feet, had their ankle bindings cut and ropes tied loosely round their necks like animal leads.
    Synonyms
    leash, tether, rein, cord, rope, chain, line

  • 5British A wire that conveys electric current from a source to an appliance, or that connects two points of a circuit together.

    导线，引线；连接线

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On several of the satellites, we wound up having to re-attach the wire leads in order to make good contact.
    • We'd better check the mains lead is plugged in properly at the back of your computer.
    • We had to park the car right up against the bedroom window because the lead from the TV was too short to facilitate viewing anywhere else.
    • There was a large metal case, with various wires, leads, and tubes connected.
    • I saw a telephone sure enough, but smashed to pieces, the bare wire of its leads stretched across the room.
    • It connects using an internal network card and a lead running to the router.
    • If I switch on my desktop and plug the monitor lead into the back of my laptop, will my laptop act as a monitor for the desktop or will it blow it up?
    • He starts dragging out wires and leads, trying to fix the patching.
    • He saw a flex lead, grabbed it and tried to tie her to her chair.
    • But this was long before digital technology, and the device was really little more than a box of tricks with a vast number of leads and connections sprouting from a junction box in the corner of the room.
    • I checked the electrical leads, replaced a bolt someone had left out of the starter and tried to turn her over.
    • For the basic installation, the plus and minus 12-volt power leads are the only two other wires that need to be connected.
    • Carry out a safety check: tidy trailing electrical leads, plug electricity points for young children and make sure your smoke detectors work.
    • Police arrived at Osbaldwick Primary School in the early hours of yesterday morning to find a carpet of broken glass, and computer leads hanging out of the window.

  • 6The distance advanced by a screw in one turn.

    螺距，牙距

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On a single thread screw the pitch and the lead are equal; on a double thread screw the lead is twice the pitch.
    • The lead is the reciprocal of the number of turns required to advance the screw axially.

  • 7An artificial watercourse leading to a mill.

    进入磨坊的人工水渠

    1. 7.1 A channel of water in an ice field.
      冰原上的水道
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Winter ice pack consists of a diverse mix of ice of different thicknesses and floe sizes, and of open water in leads.
      • In winter and early spring, there is less open water, but a substantial fraction of new, thin ice forms in leads opened by the constant motion of the ice pack.
      • The drift-ice fields were forced together with such speed, that Johnsen supposed that in a couple of hours the whole lead would be completely closed.
      • They finally got the break they needed when they found a way over the open water lead after a 15-hour slog through the blizzard.
      • In the Arctic, highest productivity occurs near ice edges and areas of open water such as leads and spaces between unstable floes.

Phrases

  • lead someone astray

    • Cause someone to act or think foolishly or wrongly.

      使误入歧途，使想入非非

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He said: ‘It was my father who led me astray and gave me a sample of life abroad when we lived in America.’
      • He's about to be married, but she leads him astray in the funniest ways.
      • They asked the police and Social Services to intervene because they feared the addict she was in love with was leading her astray.
      • Everyone he meets seems intent on leading him astray.
      • The school year is just beginning, so make a concentrated effort not to let others lead you astray.
      • We have to avoid those whose purpose is to lead us astray.
      • What parent can guard against their child bumping into an unsavoury character who can lead them astray?
      • Stay away from him, you are leading him astray, you are corrupting his simple mind.
      • But I have never lied to you before, nor led you astray.
      • I'd been intending to go to the gym, but Andy led me astray and I ended up in the pub.

  • lead someone by the nose

    • informal Control someone totally, especially by deceiving them.

      〈非正式〉（尤指用欺骗手段）彻底控制某人，牵着某人的鼻子走

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mr Blair… is expected to lead Britain by the nose into the single currency.
      • If there are impressionable folks out there looking for a guru to lead them by the nose, there are worse people they could latch onto.
      • On this one the military are being led by the nose by the politicians.
      • Many Europeans, in a way Americans find impossible to understand, are willing to let their elites lead them by the nose.
      • As the two start to get drunk, Robby loses what little willpower he has been able to muster (why he is so weak is also unexplained by the film) and Shane leads him by the nose into disaster.
      • And what's more, we don't need a politician to lead us by the nose through the ins and outs of what happens when a country is in the process of being colonised and asset stripped.

  • lead from the front

    • Take an active role in what one is urging and directing others to do.

      起带头作用，带头干

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Needless to say, he has also established himself as a successful captain who leads from the front.
      • Unlike many leaders, he led from the front rather than from behind.
      • He has grown into the role as captain of the club he clearly loves and leads from the front.
      • Years after its formation, the association has led from the front in introducing various programmes for protecting the river.
      • The chief executive believes in leading from the front.
      • He leads from the front which is what a good captain should do and he is very good at taking care of the younger players.
      • Both she and her husband are role models in their respective ways and should lead from the front.
      • He leads from the front and will not accept anything but total commitment; other players respond to that.
      • He led from the front and was never found wanting.
      • He was good to have on your side and a great captain who led from the front.

  • lead someone up (or down) the garden path

    • informal Give someone misleading clues or signals.

      〈非正式〉提供误导的线索（或信号）

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He said the people of Achill had been led up the garden path on the scheme.
      • Ministers were last night accused of leading Leeds down the garden path over its doomed Supertram project.
      • And if I've led you up the garden path just to give you a silly acronym by which to remember something simple and obvious, I'm sorry.
      • She shouldn't have led her up the garden path.
      • The poor man is left wondering whether he was led up the garden path only to find out there is no free lunch in the offing.
      • She leads him up the garden path and into an increasingly messy saga of sex, lies and videotape.
      • It's very hard to convince a customer that the accountant is leading them up the garden path.
      • No doubt there were angry phone calls last week from those writers who may have felt the company had led them up the garden path with its hints and spin.
      • The only person who led the Prime Minister down the garden path was the Prime Minister himself.
      • The man may have led her up the garden path, but why did she let him do it?
      Synonyms
      deceive, mislead, lead on, delude, hoodwink, dupe, trick, ensnare, entrap, tempt, entice, allure, lure, beguile, tantalize, tease, frustrate, flirt with, inveigle, seduce, take in, fool, pull the wool over someone's eyes, gull

  • lead with one's chin

    • 1informal (of a boxer) leave one's chin unprotected.

      〈非正式〉（拳击运动员）未保护下巴

      Example sentencesExamples
      • That's known in boxing parlance as leading with your chin.
      • If you've got a glass jaw and you lead with your chin, you shouldn't be surprised when you wind up unconscious on the canvas.
      • Being out front hasn't always been pleasant for Meeks, who occasionally leads with his chin.
      1. 1.1Behave or speak incautiously.
        〈喻〉言行轻率，鲁莽行事
        Example sentencesExamples
        • He led with his chin, demanding that long-term board members stand down because they were ‘too old.’
        • Just don't lead with your chin and rush in hoping for just one outcome: getting back together.
        • And for a man who leads with his chin twice a week, he acts awfully surprised when someone takes a pop at it
        • Until it can be clearly refuted, no one wants to take the chance of leading with their chin.
        • Does it really make sense to lead with your chin on raising middle-class taxes?
        • In a largely politically correct town the candidate for mayor is leading with his chin.
        • I am getting sick of her leading with her chin but she has once again taken the opportunity to do precisely that.
        • So, out of an assumption she had made, without knowing it, or a wish or a fear she didn't know she had, she led with her chin.
        • We think we understand what he's trying to achieve, but as usual, he seems to be leading with his chin.
        • Journalists are reluctant to traffic in old material - as long as the candidate isn't leading with his chin.

Phrasal Verbs

  • lead someone on

    • Mislead or deceive someone, especially into believing that one is in love with or attracted to them.

      欺骗某人（尤指使某人误以为自己深爱某人或被某人所吸引）

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Had she lead him on and made him believe something totally different?
      • She denied telling a hotel doorman that she was so drunk she couldn't remember what happened, or saying she was not sure if she led Mr Boone on.
      • Without flirting or leading him on, act the same way you used to.
      • He claimed in the witness box that the woman had led him on.
      • I was worried that maybe I had given him the wrong idea, led him on in some way, that maybe he was expecting me to have sex with him.
      • I think I should really go for the kiss tonight to see if we have any attraction as I don't want to lead him on if there isn't any chemistry.
      • Only half of me was in love with him, and I didn't want to lead him on.
      • It was unfair to Aaron for me to continue to lead him on like this when I was clearly still in love with Scott.
      • He'd known for quite some time that she was in love with him, but he didn't want to lead her on.
      • I thought it must be my fault, I must have done something, I must have led him on.
      • Is he leading her on, or is this a love that will conquer the world?
      • It's never OK to force yourself on a woman, even if you think that she has been teasing and leading you on.
      • If she has never wanted something with me, then why has she led me on and told me that it will be different so many times?
      • How long would you wait around if the girl you loved kept leading you on and then ditching you to date other men?
      • You led me on, making me believe you actually cared!
      • She loathed Brent for leading her on, as she firmly believed he had.
      • So before you go any further leading her on, you better figure out if you love her back or not.
      • He said the girls had invited him to the bedroom and claimed they had led him on.
      • She had been playing around with Christian, toying with his emotions, leading him on… and all along she'd had a boyfriend on the side.
      • I just couldn't believe I had lead you on and been so insensitive.
      Synonyms
      deceive, mislead, delude, hoodwink, dupe, trick, take in, fool, pull the wool over someone's eyes, gull

  • lead up to

    • 1Immediately precede.

      作为…先导（或准备）

      the weeks leading up to the elections

      选举前的几周。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Weeks of preparation and discussions led up to Friday's ballot.
      • We hope to be seeing them on this program often in the months ahead leading up to election.
      • Officers are keen to speak to anyone who saw him after that date and in the four days leading up to when he was found.
      • Scotland, despite a poor series of results leading up to the tournament, possess lofty aspirations.
      • In the weeks leading up to 13 August the Nazis attacked a series of black and left wing meetings.
      • Long before the supermarkets took hold, the days that led up to Christmas some 50 years ago were very busy times for the shopkeepers in all towns.
      • He had little recollection of what occurred after the incident, but a clear recollection of what led up to it.
      • We won eight games out of ten leading up to and during the New Year, which really made our mark.
      • Could I now take your Honours to the passages which lead up to that?
      • Mrs Wood also suggested her son had reduced his medication in the weeks leading up to his death.
      • The days leading up to Christmas would be filled with the wrapping of gifts over there.
      • The story is about the days and weeks leading up to his discovery of the test results.
      1. 1.1Result in.
        导致
        fashioning a policy appropriate to the situation entails understanding the forces that led up to it

        制订切合形势的政策必须懂得导致这一形势的各种势力。

        Example sentencesExamples
        • Surely it is legitimate to concern ourselves with the background and events that led up to the Holocaust - to try and understand what went so horrifically wrong?
        • Unfortunately, as someone passes on, the circumstances that led up to the death sometimes get ignored or left by the wayside.
        • I write as an ex-serviceman, Royal Navy, and I can recall quite clearly the events which led up to the Second Word War.
        • The immediate circumstances leading up to the capture of the eight are unclear.
        • An anaesthetist broke down in tears yesterday as he recalled events which led up to the death of a patient about to undergo a routine operation.
        • The events that led up to the investigation have been well documented and scarcely need to be repeated here.
        • Better still, the paper had an investigative story of real substance, tracing the background to the case and the events that led up to the arrests.
        • We never asked them to investigate pre-mediated murder, we simply asked them to investigate the work practices which led up to the crime.
        • She had taken enough heroin, diazepam and alcohol to kill her, but question marks hang over the circumstances that led up to the fatal overdose, the hearing was told.
        • Our sympathy now as then is extended to Chloe's family as they face a further reminder of the tragic event and the circumstances that led up to it.
        Synonyms
        result in, cause, bring on, bring about, call forth, give rise to, be the cause of, make happen, create, produce, occasion, effect, engender, generate, contribute to, be conducive to, add to, be instrumental in, have a hand in, have a part in, help, promote, advance

Origin

Old English lǣdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leiden and German leiten, also to load and lode.

lead2

nounledlɛd

  • 1A heavy, bluish-gray, soft, ductile metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. It has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an antiknock agent in gasoline, and (formerly) in paints.

    （化学元素）铅（符号： Pb ）

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is used because it is a heavier metal than lead and thus carries more impact against an armored target.
    • Important heavy metals emitted by traffic and industry are lead and copper.
    • Most older paints contain lead, the particles of which are released by any means of stripping.
    • They also detected high concentrations of lead and other heavy metals.
    • Oxygen is also used in the production of other metals, such as copper, lead, and zinc.
    • The heavy elements like gold or lead or uranium are very rare in the universe.
    • Large quantities of lead are used in ammunition for both military and sporting purposes.
    • The most common cause of lead poisoning today is old paint with lead in it.
    • The gold is melted in a high temperature furnace along with lead and silver.
    • Crafted metal panels of copper, lead and even gold have changed little over the centuries.
    • Drinking water also can become contaminated with pesticides, lead or other metals.
    • At the time she sank she had on board copper, lead and zinc ingots valued at over £300,000.
    • There's evidence that heavy metals such as lead and cadmium can make osteoporosis worse.
    • Its compounds tend to be found with ores of other metals, such as lead, silver, gold, and cobalt.
    • This international metals and mining company has large businesses in alloys, copper and zinc, as well as gold, silver and lead.
    • Most metal sulfates are soluble in water, except for barium, lead, and strontium.
    • The growth in the mining sector was due to increases in the output of diamond, zinc, copper and lead.
    • Unknown quantities of mercury, lead, chromium and cadmium are also on board.
    • Under the new rules, electronic equipment must be free of lead and other heavy metals.
    • Their enterprise really began to grow after they switched from silver to pewter, an alloy of lead and tin.

  • 2An item or implement made of lead.

    铅制品，尤指

    1. 2.1Nautical A lead casting suspended on a line to determine the depth of water.
      〔航海〕（测量水深的）测深铅锤
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some guy had probably come out in a rowing boat and dropped a lead line a few times on top of pinnacles like the one we had ascended, and marked the area as being flat.
      • You'll feel weed fall against the line and the lead get picked up by the swell.
      • Deep soundings above 6 fathoms (11 m) were impracticable so the practice then was to sound the depth using a line and lead.
      • A man leaped into the chains, and lowering down the lead sounded in seven fathoms.
    2. 2.2 Bullets.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She has been known to wring a neck or fill a creature full of lead in her time.
      • If you want to shoot some lead just check to be sure the bullets aren't pulling in the process.
      • Four men had pulled up in a car before a dingy boarding house, crossed the sidewalk in broad daylight, entered the house and pumped lead into a sleazy race-track gambler.

  • 3Graphite used as the part of a pencil that makes a mark.

    （铅笔的）铅芯

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The transfer was made by first rubbing the back of their sketch with pencil lead.
    • The sliding motion of those sheets over each other gives pencil lead its properties.
    • Then I rubbed my lips, my beard, and my hands with pencil lead, and went to bed.

  • 4Printing
    A blank space between lines of print.

    〔印刷〕行间距

Phrases

  • get the lead out

    • informal Move or work more quickly.

      〈非正式，主北美〉加快脚步，加快工作

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Your 5 minutes has already started, so you better get the lead out and start talking.
      • And if there are any bands out there drawing over one thousand kids a night, please give these guys a call - they're ready to get the lead out and rock yer body to the middle of the dance floor.
      • As a final thought, I'd like to encourage any aspiring columnists to get the lead out and submit something.
      • And if he ever gets the lead out and puts the thing online we'll be linking forthwith since it's sure to be a must-read.
      • I could hear Sarge's exhortations: ‘Come on girls, get the lead out’.

  • go over like a lead balloon

    • informal (of something said or written) be poorly received.

      his book has gone over like a lead balloon

  • a lead foot

    • informal Used in reference to a person's habit of driving too fast.

      I had a lead foot in my younger days, and had quite a few accidents

Origin

Old English lēad, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch lood ‘lead’ and German Lot ‘plummet, solder’.

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