| 单词 | to lead up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lead up to lead up 1. transitive. = to lead off at Phrasal verbs ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > take part in ball [verb (transitive)] > open or start (the dance) to lead up1731 to lead out1776 yark1818 to lead off1881 1731 Lady M. W. Montagu Farewell to Bath in Poems v I've led up many a ball. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. xxvii. 166 What a frolic dance will she and her new husband, in a little while, lead up. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. ix. 82 Mr. Thornhill and my eldest daughter led up the ball. 1804 M. Edgeworth Limerick Gloves iii, in Pop. Tales I. 260 She did not object to her own Jenny's leading up the ball. 2. intr. to lead up to: to prepare gradually for: to form a gradual preparation for. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > form a preparation for to lead up to1861 1861 Temple Bar Dec. 101 The circumstances which led up to the explosion of the..conspiracy. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlv. 381 Perhaps he had deliberately led up to this very point. 1892 B. F. Westcott Gospel of Life Pref. 22 All earlier history leads up to the Incarnation. 1892 Sat. Rev. 2 Jan. 16/2 The harlequinade..is led up to by a tasteful transformation scene. < as lemmas |
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