| 单词 | to lead the dance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lead the dance a. To have the first place in; to march in the front line of; literal and figurative esp. in to lead the dance (see dance n. 6), to lead the van. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > go in front of [verb (transitive)] > go at front of moving body leadc1380 heada1522 spear-head1938 spear1951 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 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 360 Crist þat lediþ þe daunce of love. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Custome of Countrey ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Aa3v/1 They heard your Lordship Was by the Ladies choise to lead the dance. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 465 Messapus leads the Van. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 565 Asylas leads the Chase. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 98 The Grenadiers..led the Van. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 81 May our country ever lead The world, for she is worthiest. 1865 J. R. Lowell Wks. (1890) V. 285 A commonwealth whose greatest sin it has been to lead the van in freedom of opinion. 1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. iii. iii. 478 In ancient times the choregi themselves led the chorus. 1884 Graphic 23 Aug. Your cousin Gordon and I..had led the van all the morning. 1893 Harper's Mag. Feb. 385/2 Of the causes..pneumonia led the list. < as lemmas |
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