英语词汇“to lead off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. To ‘open’, take the first steps in (a dance, a ball); hence gen. to begin, make a beginning in; to open (a conversation or discussion). Const. with.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin or open (an action or proceeding)

set?c1450

open1471

forward1598

initiate1604

to put in a way1624

to lead off1817

society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > take part in ball [verb (transitive)] > open or start (the dance)

to lead up1731

to lead out1776

yark1818

to lead off1881

1817 J. Austen Sanditon vi, in Minor Wks. (1954) 389 Sir Edw: Denham & Miss Denham, whose names might be said to lead off the Season.

1847 Punch 27 Mar. 126/2 To lead off a list of Expiring Acts with one that is to live till the National Debt is paid off..is a delusion.

1881 E. Lynn Linton My Love! I. xiii. 229 The twins leading off the family ball.

1890 A. Gissing Village Hampden II. iv. 66 The dance..was led off to the popular strains of the ‘Keel-Row’.

1893 Illustr. London News 28 Jan. 109/2 A well-known dramatic critic led off the congratulations.

2. intransitive or absol. Also with to.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > go first or in front [verb (intransitive)]

foregoc825

to go beforec1225

preamble1402

to beat a path1589

to lead the waya1593

preambulate1598

anteambulate1623

antecede1628

to lead the van1697

to take the (or a) lead1768

lead1798

to lead off1806

society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > take part in ball [verb (intransitive)] > be first to dance

to begin, lead the dancec1325

to dance provoa1687

to lead off1806

1806 R. Cumberland Mem. 18 On some occasions, she would persist in a determined taciturnity, to the regret of the company present; and at other times would lead off in her best manner.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. iii. v. 383 I led off with five or six coxcomical bows.

1862 Temple Bar 4 500 The primo tenore..leads off with ‘Hard times no more’.

1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. 267 A boy of fifteen to lead off with a lass of seventeen.

1893 Harper's Mag. Jan. 210/2 He led off with his companion in a sort of quickstep.

1911 Chambers's Jrnl. July 463/2 From these [wagons] rubber tubes protected by encircling wire lead off to each of the streets.

单词	to lead off
释义	> as lemmas to lead off to lead off 1. transitive. To ‘open’, take the first steps in (a dance, a ball); hence gen. to begin, make a beginning in; to open (a conversation or discussion). Const. with. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin or open (an action or proceeding) set?c1450 open1471 forward1598 initiate1604 to put in a way1624 to lead off1817 society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > take part in ball [verb (transitive)] > open or start (the dance) to lead up1731 to lead out1776 yark1818 to lead off1881 1817 J. Austen Sanditon vi, in Minor Wks. (1954) 389 Sir Edw: Denham & Miss Denham, whose names might be said to lead off the Season. 1847 Punch 27 Mar. 126/2 To lead off a list of Expiring Acts with one that is to live till the National Debt is paid off..is a delusion. 1881 E. Lynn Linton My Love! I. xiii. 229 The twins leading off the family ball. 1890 A. Gissing Village Hampden II. iv. 66 The dance..was led off to the popular strains of the ‘Keel-Row’. 1893 Illustr. London News 28 Jan. 109/2 A well-known dramatic critic led off the congratulations. 2. intransitive or absol. Also with to. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > go first or in front [verb (intransitive)] foregoc825 to go beforec1225 preamble1402 to beat a path1589 to lead the waya1593 preambulate1598 anteambulate1623 antecede1628 to lead the van1697 to take the (or a) lead1768 lead1798 to lead off1806 society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > take part in ball [verb (intransitive)] > be first to dance to begin, lead the dancec1325 to dance provoa1687 to lead off1806 1806 R. Cumberland Mem. 18 On some occasions, she would persist in a determined taciturnity, to the regret of the company present; and at other times would lead off in her best manner. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. iii. v. 383 I led off with five or six coxcomical bows. 1862 Temple Bar 4 500 The primo tenore..leads off with ‘Hard times no more’. 1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. 267 A boy of fifteen to lead off with a lass of seventeen. 1893 Harper's Mag. Jan. 210/2 He led off with his companion in a sort of quickstep. 1911 Chambers's Jrnl. July 463/2 From these [wagons] rubber tubes protected by encircling wire lead off to each of the streets. extracted from leadv.¹ < as lemmas
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