| 单词 | to give a lead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give a lead d. spec. in Hunting, etc., chiefly in to give a lead, i.e., to go first in leaping a fence or the like, so as to encourage the rest; in quots. transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunt [verb (intransitive)] > give lead to give a lead1859 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [noun] > distance ahead of others to give a lead1859 1859 G. A. Lawrence Sword & Gown v. 52 Two Sundays ago..a Mr. Rolleston..volunteered to give us a lead... He went off at score, and made the pace so strong, that he cut them all down in the first two verses. 1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. xxxviii. 296 I lost the run, and had to see Harriet Tristram go away with the best lead any one has had to a fast thing this year. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 535 ‘What thing?’ said I, not wishing to give him the lead. < as lemmas |
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