vt.

1. 引導；領（路）[O]
   She led me into the drawing-room.

   她帶我進入客廳。

2. 走在（隊伍等）的最前頭
   The military band led the parade.

   軍樂隊走在遊行隊伍的前面。

3. 誘使；致使[O2]
   What led him to resign his office?

   什麼事導致他辭職的？

4. 領導；指揮；率領
   They will let the young man lead the fight.

   他們將讓這位年輕人領導這一仗。

5. （在比賽等中）領先
   He leads his class in English.

   他的英語成績全班第一。

6. 過（活）；使過（某種生活）
   We lead a very quiet life.

   我們過著非常安靜的生活。

7. （打牌時）先出（牌）

vi.

1. 領路
   You lead and we'll follow.

   你領路，我們跟著。

2. 通向，導致[Q]
   That door leads into the garden.

   那扇門通向花園。

3. 領導
   He has a desire to lead.

   他有領袖慾。

4. 領先
   Which horse is leading?

   哪匹馬現在領先？

5. 首先出牌（或開球等）

n.[C]

1. 指導，榜樣
   All the children followed his lead.

   所有的孩子都學習他的榜樣。

2. 領先地位[the S]
   Our team was in the lead at half time.

   我們隊在前半場領先。

3. 領先的程度（或距離）[S][（+over）]
   Japan has a good lead over other car-producing countries.

   日本遙遙領先其它汽車生產國。

4. （牽狗等的）繩索，皮帶
   Keep your dog on the lead in public places.

   在公共場所你得用皮帶牽著狗。

5. 【電】導線；引線
   Connect these wires to the leads of the battery.

   將這些導線接到電池的引線上。

6. 線索，提示
   The police haven't got a single lead yet.

   警察到現在還未獲得一點線索。

7. （戲劇等的）主角，主要演員
   Who is playing the lead in the play?

   誰在戲裡扮演主角？

8. （新聞報導的）導語

a.[B]

1. 領先的
   All the dogs in the sled team follow the lead dog. They do whatever the lead dog does.

   雪橇隊所有的狗都跟隨領隊狗。領隊狗做什麼他們就做什麼。

2. 最重要的

n.

1. 鉛[U]
2. 黑鉛，鉛筆心[C][U]；鉛製品

vt.

1. 用鉛包；在……中襯鉛；用鉛框固定（窗玻璃）

vi.

1. 被鉛覆蓋；（槍膛等）被鉛塞住

v.

1. cause (a person or animal) to go with one by drawing them along.
   ▸show (someone) the way to a destination by preceding or accompanying them.
   ▸ (lead someone on) deceive someone into believing that one is attracted to them.
2. (usu. lead to) be a route or means of access to a particular place.
   ▸culminate or result in.
   ▸ (lead someone to/to do something) be someone's reason or motive for.
   ▸ (lead up to) precede or provide an introduction to.
   ▸ (often lead off with) begin a report or text with a particular item.
3. be in charge or command of.
4. have the advantage in a race or game.
   ▸be superior to (a competitor).
5. have or experience (a particular way of life).
6. (lead with) Boxing  make an attack with (a particular punch or fist).
7. (in card games) play (the first card) in a trick or round of play.

n.

1. the initiative in an action:
   Britain should be taking the environmental lead.
2. (the lead) a position of advantage in a contest; first place.
   ▸an amount by which a competitor is ahead of the others.
3. the chief part in a play or film.
   ▸ [as modifier] playing the chief part in a musical group:

   the lead singer.
   ▸ [as modifier] denoting the principal item in a report or text:

   the lead article.
4. a clue to be followed in the resolution of a problem.
5. Brit. a strap or cord for restraining and guiding a dog.
6. Brit. a wire conveying electric current from a source to an appliance, or connecting two points of a circuit together.
7. the distance advanced by a screw in one turn.
8. (in card games) an act or right of playing first in a trick or round of play.
9. an artificial watercourse leading to a mill.
   ▸a channel of water in an ice field.

n.

1. a heavy bluish-grey soft ductile metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. (Symbol: Pb)
2. graphite used as the part of a pencil that makes a mark.
3. Printing  a blank space between lines of print (originally created by a metal strip).
4. Nautical  a lump of lead suspended on a line to determine the depth of water.
5. (leads) Brit. sheets or strips of lead covering a roof.
6. (leads) lead frames holding the glass of a lattice or stained-glass window.

[名]

1. 領先；佔先。
   한 점을 리드하다.

   領先一分。

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