| 单词 | lead |
| 释义 | lead (once / 12 pages) 1vn 2n To lead means to go in front, or to serve as the leader of a group. If you’re on a group hiking trip and the navigator lost the map, you’ll want someone with a good sense of direction to lead the group back to the car. If you have done excellent, groundbreaking research into cancer treatment, someone might say you lead the field in finding a cure for cancer. If we say a football team has a strong lead, that means that they’re on the way to winning a game. If you are a detective and you discover a room full of evidence on a case, that might lead to its solution. WORD FAMILYlead: lead-colored, leaded, leader, leading, leadless, leads, led, mislead+/leaded: nonleaded, unleaded/leader: leaders, leadership/leadership: leaderships/leading: leadingly, leadings/mislead: misleader, misleading, misleads, misled/misleader: misleaders/misleading: misleadingly USAGE EXAMPLESWestbrook led the Thunder with 30 points and six assists. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Wall, the team’s leading assist man, is the key to the success of the other Wizards. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) A new research project is using zebrafish to identify genetic and environmental factors that in combination may lead to the development of childhood leukemia. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v take somebody somewhere We lead him to our chief Syn|Hypo conduct, direct, guide, take beacon guide with a beacon handguide or conduct or usher somewhere lead astray, misdirect, misguide, misleadlead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions show, ushertake (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums marshallead ceremoniously, as in a procession 2v cause something to pass or lead somewhere Syn|Hyper run draw, guide, pass, run pass over, across, or through range, runchange or be different within limits make pass, pass cause to pass 3v travel in front of; go in advance of others Syn|Hypo|Hyper head head, head up be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel draw away move ahead of (one's competitors) in a race precede move ahead (of others) in time or space 4v be ahead of others; be the first Syn top 5v move ahead (of others) in time or space Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper precede follow to travel behind, go after, come after head travel in front of; go in advance of others draw awaymove ahead of (one's competitors) in a race go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 6v lead, extend, or afford access Syn|Hyper go be occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere 7v stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point Syn|Hypo|Hyper extend, go, pass, run range, run change or be different within limits come extend or reach radiate, rayextend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center go deep, go farextend in importance or range be occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere 8v tend to or result in This remark lead to further arguments among the guests Hypo|Hyper entail, implicate impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result necessitatecause to be a concomitant entail, imply, meanhave as a logical consequence leave, result have as a result or residue 9v have as a result or residue Syn|Hypo|Hyper leave, result leave act or be so as to become in a specified state leavehave left or have as a remainder entail, implicate impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result necessitatecause to be a concomitant bring about, give rise, produce cause to happen, occur or exist 10v cause to undertake a certain action Her greed led her to forge the checks Hypo|Hyper give guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner 11v be conducive to The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing Syn|Hyper conduce, contribute advance, boost, encourage, further, promote contribute to the progress or growth of 12v be in charge of Syn|Hypo|Hyper head chair, chairman act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university captainbe the captain of a sports team spearheadbe the leader of take charge, take control, take holdassume control move in onseize control of direct be in charge of 13v preside over Syn|Hyper chair, moderate discuss, hash out, talk over speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion 14v lead, as in the performance of a composition Syn|Hyper conduct, direct conduct lead musicians in the performance of do, execute, perform carry out or perform an action 15n a position of leadership (especially in the phrase `take the lead') he takes the lead in any group we were just waiting for someone to take the lead they didn't follow our lead Hyper leadership, leading the activity of leading 16n an advantage held by a competitor in a race he took the lead at the last turn Hyper advantage, vantage the quality of having a superior or more favorable position 17n (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base he took a long lead off first Hyper place, position the particular portion of space occupied by something 18n (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning Ant|Hyper deficit (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing score a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest 19n evidence pointing to a possible solution the police are following a promising lead the trail led straight to the perpetrator Syn|Hyper track, trail evidence, grounds your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief 20n an indication of potential opportunity a good lead for a job Syn|Hyper confidential information, hint, steer, tip, wind counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, guidance something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action 21n the introductory section of a story it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter Syn|Hyper lead-in, lede section, subdivision a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) 22n a news story of major importance Syn|Hyper lead story news article, news story, newspaper article an article reporting news 23n an actor who plays a principal role Syn|Hypo|Hyper principal, star co-star one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film film star, movie stara star who plays leading roles in the cinema idol, matinee idolsomeone who is adored blindly and excessively TV star, television stara star in a television show heartthroban object of infatuation actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian a theatrical performer 24n restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal Syn|Hyper leash, tether constraint, restraint a device that retards something's motion 25n the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge the lead was in the dummy Hyper play, turn (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession 26n the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile) Hyper angle the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians 27n a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire Syn|Hypo|Hyper booster cable, jumper cable, jumper lead clip lead a short piece of wire with alligator clips on both ends jumper a small connector used to make temporary electrical connections conducting wire, wirea metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance 28n the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine 2Syn|Hyper spark advance timing the time when something happens 1n a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey the children were playing with lead soldiers Syn|Hypo|Hyper Pb, atomic number 82 hard lead unrefined lead that is hard because of the impurities it contains antimonial lead, hard leada lead alloy that contains about 5% antimony pig leadlead that is cast in pigs grid metala kind of hard lead that is used for grids in storage batteries metal, metallic element any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. 2n mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil Syn|Hyper pencil lead black lead, graphite, plumbago used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors 3n thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing Syn|Hyper leading slip, strip artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material |
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