lead-offn.

Brit.

/ˈliːdɒf/, U.S.

/ˈlidˌɔf/,

/ˈlidˌɑf/

Etymology: < verbal phrase to lead off (to lead off at lead v.¹ Phrasal verbs).

1. A commencement; that which ‘leads-off’, the first of a series. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [noun] > preceding in order > first of a series

foremosta1250

summity1624

protoplast1645

front rank1872

lead-off1886

1886 H. Baumann Londinismen 94/2 Lead-off, Journalisten-Slang: erste(r) (gew. von einem bekannten Schriftsteller herrührender) Artikel.

1892 Fun 20 Nov. 225/2 It contains ‘Seven Christmas Eves’, the first or lead off being by clever Miss Graves.

1922 Ardmore (Okla.) Daily Press 6 May 3/3 His ability to judge close ones..make[s] him an ideal leadoff man.

1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn iv. iv. 265 For ‘Sam, the Old Accordion Man’, it was to be a lead-off by Jeff.

1963 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 27 Dec. (1970) 22 Our foreman, Dale Malechek, took the lead-off bus... I took the second bus and Lynda..the third.

1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 17/1 Morton..was greeted by a Willie Stargell leadoff single.

2. The initial part of an electric or other conductor.

ΚΠ

1897 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 188 7 The development of an opposite after-effect at and near the longitudinal lead-off.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lead-off
释义	lead-offn. Brit. /ˈliːdɒf/, U.S. /ˈlidˌɔf/, /ˈlidˌɑf/ Etymology: < verbal phrase to lead off (to lead off at lead v.¹ Phrasal verbs). 1. A commencement; that which ‘leads-off’, the first of a series. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [noun] > preceding in order > first of a series foremosta1250 summity1624 protoplast1645 front rank1872 lead-off1886 1886 H. Baumann Londinismen 94/2 Lead-off, Journalisten-Slang: erste(r) (gew. von einem bekannten Schriftsteller herrührender) Artikel. 1892 Fun 20 Nov. 225/2 It contains ‘Seven Christmas Eves’, the first or lead off being by clever Miss Graves. 1922 Ardmore (Okla.) Daily Press 6 May 3/3 His ability to judge close ones..make[s] him an ideal leadoff man. 1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn iv. iv. 265 For ‘Sam, the Old Accordion Man’, it was to be a lead-off by Jeff. 1963 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 27 Dec. (1970) 22 Our foreman, Dale Malechek, took the lead-off bus... I took the second bus and Lynda..the third. 1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 17/1 Morton..was greeted by a Willie Stargell leadoff single. 2. The initial part of an electric or other conductor. ΚΠ 1897 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 188 7 The development of an opposite after-effect at and near the longitudinal lead-off. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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