| 单词 | league |
| 释义 | league (once / 77 pages) 1nv 2n The two meanings of league are quite different — either it’s a group or federation joined for a common purpose (say, your bowling league or the League of Nations) or it’s a rough measurement of about three miles, usually at sea. One would hope that two such different meanings of the same word would have some deep connection far back in word history, but it does not seem to be the case here. The word meaning "an agreement of groups" appears to be related to the French word ligue, also found in ligature ("thing that ties"), while the league of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (an excellent adventure book if you’re in the mood) is from Middle English. We call words like these homographs — since spelling is all they seem to share! WORD FAMILYleague: leagued, leagues, leaguing USAGE EXAMPLESThe Washington Wizards — who less than a month ago looked like one of the worst teams in the league — ended 2016 on a tear. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Oakland already was without its quarterback and league MVP candidate, Derek Carr, after he suffered a broken bone in his leg. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) The league continues to evolve, with the passing game becoming more dominant. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action Hypo|Hyper Five Nations, Iroquois League, League of Iroquois, Six Nations a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations) union a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations 2n an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members Syn|Hypo|Hyper conference big league, major league, majors the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) bush league, minor league, minorsa league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball) baseball leaguea league of baseball teams basketball leaguea league of basketball teams bowling leaguea league of bowling teams football leaguea league of football teams hockey leaguea league of hockey teams Ivy Leaguea league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige class, divisiona league ranked by quality little leaguea commercially sponsored baseball league for players between 8 and 12 years of age association a formal organization of people or groups of people 3v unite to form a league 2Hyper unify, unite act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief n an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles) Hyper linear measure, linear unit a unit of measurement of length |
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