| 单词 | leading wheels |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleading wheels 3. That has the front place; that goes first or in front on the line of movement. leading wheels: the front pair of wheels of a locomotive (so leading axle, leading springs; cf. leader n.1 16a). leading counsel = leader n.1 3c leading shoot = leader n.1 9. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > young branch, twig, or shoot sprittle?c1225 leader1572 arrow1574 graft1576 thief1669 leading shoot1712 coppice shoot1851 Lammas shoot1929 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [adjective] foregoing1530 headmost1592 beginning1609 first1647 previous1658 forehand1664 leading1771 lead1846 vanmost1865 front flight1899 the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective] furtherc1000 foremostc1275 formerc1384 farther1398 fornec1440 fore?a1513 forme1523 anterior1611 first1647 head1691 vanward1820 leading1825 forwardmost1834 society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > counsellor, barrister, or advocate > leading counsel leading counsel1855 leader1856 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 77 When we speak of a Fuge or Canon, in the vnison, fift, or eight: it is to be vnderstood from the first note of the leading part. a1711 T. Ken Anodynes in Wks. (1721) III. 432 When I of God a Song design, Pains intercept my leading Line. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 181 Guide the leading Shoot of these young Trees higher and higher. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Fugue The leading Parts still flying before those which follow. 1771 P. Parsons Newmarket II. 32 The two leading-horses..carried about eight stone..each wheel-horse about seven stone. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 80 This people..often suppressed the leading vowel. 1792 Trans. Soc. Arts 10 18 The vigorous leading shoots made by healthy plants from year to year. 1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 81 Every other squadron..and every other regiment..manœuvre from a leading flank. 1798 Capt. Millar in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1846) VII. p. cliv The leading Ship to steer one point more to starboard. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 129 These mortises must be square to the leading side of the whip. 1849–50 Weale's Dict. Terms Leading springs, the springs fixed upon the leading axle-box of a locomotive engine, bearing the weight above. Leading wheels, the wheels of a locomotive engine, which are placed before the driving wheels. 1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) II. xx. 358 Here..he encountered the leading Cossacks of Blucher's army. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 525 He had been the leading counsel for the seven Bishops. 1885 U. S. Grant Pers. Mem. I. xxii. 302 The leading boat got within a very short distance of the water battery. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Aug. 3/3 A good ‘leading’ deer [of a sledge team] is the most valuable of a Samoyede's possessions. 1895 Mod. Steam Engine 67 The leading axle. 1898 Daily News 4 Jan. 5 The leading engine was overturned. < as lemmas |
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