leash
英[li??]
美[li?]
- n. 皮帶；束縛
- vt. 束縛；用皮帶綁住
中文詞源
leash 牽狗用的皮帶，繩索
來自古法語laisse,松開，皮帶，詞源同lease,lax.即把狗松開，給予狗部分自由，用來指牽狗的皮帶，后詞義通用化。
英文詞源
- leash (v.)
- "to attach to or with a leash," 1590s, from leash (n.). Related: Leashed; leashing.
- leash (n.)
- "thong for holding a dog or hound," c. 1300, from Old French laisse "hound's leash," from laissier "loosen," from Latin laxare, from laxus "loose" (see lax). Figurative sense attested from early 15c. The meaning "a set of three" is from early 14c., originally in sporting language.
雙語例句
- 1. All dogs must be kept on a leash in public places.
- 在公共場所所有的狗必須用皮帶牽住。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. I reached for the leash, but the dog got in between.
- 我伸手去拿系狗繩, 但被狗擋住了路.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The dog strains at the leash, eager to be off.
- 狗拼命地扯拉皮帶, 想掙脫開去.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. One Sunday he began trying to teach the two puppies to walk on a leash.
- 一個星期天，他開始嘗試訓練兩只小狗系上皮帶走路。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The dog yelped excitedly when his master opened a desk drawer and produced his leash.
- 主人打開抽屜拿出牽狗用的皮帶時，狗興奮地叫了起來。
來自柯林斯例句