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单词 ley
释义

ley1 /lā or lē/ see lea1,2,3

leyˈ-farming see under lea2

ley2 /lā/

noun

Any of the straight lines between features of the landscape, possibly pathways, or perhaps having scientific or magical significance in prehistoric times (also ley line)

ORIGIN: Variant of lea1

lea1 /lē/

noun

Open country, meadow, pasture, or arable (also lay, lee, ley /lā or lē/)

ORIGIN: OE lēah; dialect Ger lohe, loh; perh Flem -loo in place names, eg Waterloo; confused with lease4

lea2 /lē/, also lay /lā/ or ley /lē or lā/

adjective and noun
  1. Fallow
  2. (of) arable land under grass or pasture
ORIGIN: OE lǣge, found in lǣghrycg lea-rig

leaˈ-rig noun

An unploughed rig or grass field

leyˈ-farmˈing noun

Pasturing and cropping in alternating periods

lea3 /lē/, lay or ley /lā/

noun

A measure of yarn, 80 yards of worsted, 120 of cotton, 300 of linen

ORIGIN: Perh connected with Fr lier, from L ligāre to bind

leu /lāˈoo/

noun (pl lei /lā/)

The standard monetary unit of Romania and Moldova (100 bani) (also (rare) ley /lā/)

ORIGIN: Romanian, lion
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