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单词 leash
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Definition of leash in English:

leash

noun liːʃliʃ
  • 1A dog's lead.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After placing the training collar on the dog and attaching him to your waist, let go of the leash with both hands.
    • Dogs aren't allowed on the trail without a leash, both to prevent them from harassing other hikers and to keep the dogs themselves out of trouble.
    • In this experiment with dogs, each dog was led on a leash from a starting point along a straight path in a large field with no distinguishing landmarks and was shown a piece of food.
    • Under the Dangerous Dog Act, dogs are required to be kept under control and on a leash at all times, unless in a specially designated area.
    • First, practice with your dog on the leash or teaching lead.
    • Slipping on her pair of sandshoes she opened the outside door and attached the leash to her dog's collar.
    • The last time I was in the Octagon in Dunedin, I saw a number of people with German shepherds on leashes.
    • Simply attach the leash to the Shih Tzu's collar and allow him to walk around the house with it.
    • All working dogs connected with Government departments were given an exemption, but the poor old farmer with a mob of sheep out on the road in Canterbury somewhere would have to put all his sheepdogs on leashes.
    • With the focus and attention towards off-leash walks and dog parks there seems to be a decline in the use and function of the leash.
    • His right hand held a leash attached to a small white Havanese dog.
    • A leash also lets you control the pace so your dog doesn't sprint ahead at the beginning and wear out.
    • They were fastened in their kennels with leashes and couldn't get out.
    • The young man groans at the sight of the pampered pooch, whom she already has attached to his leash.
    • The hounds, powerfully muscled mixed breeds, loll at the ends of leashes made of rope, leather or strips of colorful fabric.
    • I got a hold of his blue collar, and my mom came and attached the blue leash.
    • But they must be on leashes in controlled areas and kept away from our main swimming beaches.
    • Once he is used to wearing it, attach the leash to it and let him lead you throughout the area.
    • Once the leash is attached, it is important to make the shih-tzu walk calmly toward the door.
    • After the shih-tzu has come to you and obediently sat down, attach the leash and start the reward.
    Synonyms
    lead, rein, tether, rope, cord, chain, line, strap
    restraint
    archaic lyam
    1. 1.1Falconry A thong or string attached to the jesses of a hawk, used for tying it to a perch or a creance.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If you time-travelled any one of Ghengis Khan's myriad falconers into a modern hawking set-up he'd be more than familiar with the leashes, jesses and other falconry ‘furniture’ still used.
    2. 1.2 A restraint.
      her bristling temper was kept on a leash
      the state needs to let business off the leash
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The pestering problem of ‘protected teachers’ can be tackled only if the unaided sector is put on a leash.
      • It could use the threat of revolutions to keep the countries that remain in its orbit on a leash, but that would not be effective, he said.
      • I've trained so long, but yet I was kept on a leash.
      • A supine Congress like the present one is rapidly eroding the American founding fathers' vision of a legislature keeping the executive branch on a tight leash.
      • I hope the bureaucrats let it off the leash soon.
      • It's little wonder that tourists are kept on a short leash.
      • And they were not disappointed as Woods shot a sparkling seven under par 65 without ever being off the leash.
      • You guys are so strait-laced, but you go crazy when you're let off your leashes.
      • They may be knee-deep in paisley but always keep the songs on a leash and never rely too much on nostalgic trappings.
      • A prohibition on taking deposits in local currency, strict capital requirements and a lid on opening branches are keeping foreign giants on a tight leash.
      • All songs are on a midtempo leash as this pack of Swedes lead them into dark, uncharted places.
      • The director doesn't give her much of a leash in this tightly wound story, but that suits the subject and the actress perfectly well.
      • Had they taken the leash off, or rather the muzzle, two weeks ago, maybe the opinion polls might not consequently have been so cast-iron.
      • Noise still rears an ugly head but, instead of relentlessly bashing away, it is under a leash and controlled.
      • Perhaps he has matured or perhaps he's on a short leash.
      • The intelligence apparatus was let off the leash and told to get ‘results,’ which it has been doing with extraordinary relish.
      • But if he never lets his characters off the leash, he leaves them a vast space in which to roam, giving the film a dramatic structure that's radically open and formless.
      Synonyms
      control, restraint, check, curb, rein, hold, discipline
  • 2Hunting
    rare A group of three animals such as hounds, hawks, or foxes.

    I saw a leash of foxes killed without a run
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The hounds moved on to Ashby pasture where they found a leash of foxes.
    • I killed four brace of partridges, a wild duck, and a leash of hares.
    • We at one time had but a leash of hounds to carry on the scent.
    • The king gave him dogs for the chase, and a leash of hawks.
    • He mounted on that grand horse, with a leash of hounds standing by.
verb liːʃliʃ
[with object]
  • 1Put a leash on (a dog)

    he called Azor to heel so that he could leash him
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Fairfax County Park Authority has always welcomed leashed dogs in all of its parks.
    • This is in line with the practice adopted in countries such as Singapore and Ireland where leashing control is imposed on specified large dog breeds.
    • So what is the proper restraint for your pooch and what is the best way to go about leashing your dog, whether fido is an adult dog who has been on a leash for years or a rascally little puppy that is still chewing on the leash as you try to take him out for his morning walk.
    • The strongest reaction (milling, fleeing) occurred when the sheep saw a human with a leashed dog.
    • Larger dogs may be taken on the T during off-peak hours and must be leashed and controlled at all times.
    • Pets are welcome throughout the remainder of the park including trails, but they must be leashed at all times.
    • The plurality of such first exterior posts may be selectively used for leashing a dog at any one of a plurality of locations.
    • The Leashed Tracking Dog License authorizes qualified individuals to use certified leashed tracking dogs to track and find dead, wounded or injured big game.
    Synonyms
    put a leash on, put a lead on, fasten, hitch up, tether, tie up, secure, bind, fetter
    confine, restrain
    1. 1.1 Restrain.
      his violence was barely leashed
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I wasn't sure I was comfortable being so close to him with something so powerful barely leashed inside me.
      • Angela Lansbury's 1962 villain was an ice queen but Meryl Streep turns her into a barely leashed neurotic who escalates hissy fits into diatribes.
      • His touch is that curious blend of tenderness and leashed violence that is the hallmark of a genuine man.
      • She shrank back in her seat, taken aback by the tightly leashed violence in his tone.
      • The security moms are panting with barely leashed desire.
      Synonyms
      curb, control, keep under control, check, restrain, hold back, suppress

Phrases

  • strain at the leash

    • Be eager to begin or do something.

      by this time we were straining at the leash to get away
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was to get to that unheard of city I'd agitated and strained at the leash of Albany Park.
      • In the United States, when the corporate-owned media sense profits, they strain at the leash to sell the line better.
      • And perhaps the sight of their older married brothers straining at the leash is giving them pause.
      • Openly I have been able to do this for the most part, but inwardly I have often strained at the leash.
      • Great Britain did not actively strain at the leash to build and rule and empire, but let the responsibilities and territories of the British Empire develop in a free market manner.
      • I have customers straining at the leash to include mobile content in their offerings to their customers.
      • I'm straining at the leash to find out the final release date so that I can test the new portal site.
      • They are straining at the leash though, and would give anything to be allowed to go up for a crack at them.
      • The creative energies and the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian people was straining at the leash.
      • You may think of soldiers as gung-ho types who strained at the leash last year to invade.
      Synonyms
      eager, impatient, anxious, enthusiastic

Origin

Middle English: from Old French lesse, laisse, from laissier in the specific sense 'let run on a slack lead' (see lease).

Rhymes

babiche, Dalglish, fiche, Laois, niche, nouveau riche, pastiche, quiche, Rajneesh, schottische
 
 

Definition of leash in US English:

leash

nounlēSHliʃ
  • 1A strap or cord for restraining and guiding a dog or other animal.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was leading by the leash a stalwart black pig.
    • The beast was anxious, tugging at the leash and belting a horrendous whine into the air.
    • Since the leash is going to take the full stress of the impact, it's wise to have a new one with no nicks or weak spots.
    • Watching the eager young tiger straining at its leash - a frayed piece of twine that threatens to snap at any moment - seems an apt metaphor for its owner.
    • If he hadn't been tangled in the animal's leash, he would never have inadvertently brought the girl here in the first place.
    • In fact many of the regulars at the store were surprised or rather taken aback when customers walked in with their animals on a leash.
    • The love of her life was Rajah, a Bengal tiger acquired as a tiny cub and reared by hand, walking on a leash and living an almost human existence.
    • Worse still was the sight of Malaysian bears being led around by a leash which was passed through a ring through their lips.
    • The cat wears a leash and seems oddly at home with this arrangement.
    • She was being led on a leash attached to a leather collar around her neck.
    • Those cotter pins can be tough to keep track of when you're cold and tired; they should be attached with a wire leash.
    • For slow-drying paints, keep pets on a leash and string up some caution ribbons or hang wet-paint signs to warn people.
    • Daniel came back, holding two leashes with harnesses attached.
    • He tugged and found himself to also be tied to a short leash attached to the wall.
    • When I got in the backyard I untied Shadow from his leash and put the leash in the shed.
    • His collar was spiked all around, with the exception of a ring in the very front, to which a leash was attached.
    • He finally yielded to her demands and followed her like a whipped puppy, the leash firmly attached to his collar.
    • To a kid - or to sheltered adults who never stopped to look or smell or touch - any animal not on a leash counts.
    • All in place and connected, I unclipped my camera from its leash and descended the line.
    • With all my equipment safely attached to leashes, nothing was lost.
    Synonyms
    lead, rein, tether, rope, cord, chain, line, strap
    1. 1.1Falconry A thong or string attached to the jesses of a hawk, used for tying it to a perch or a creance.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If you time-travelled any one of Ghengis Khan's myriad falconers into a modern hawking set-up he'd be more than familiar with the leashes, jesses and other falconry ‘furniture’ still used.
    2. 1.2 A restraint.
      her bristling temper was kept on a leash
      the state needs to let business off the leash
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And they were not disappointed as Woods shot a sparkling seven under par 65 without ever being off the leash.
      • All songs are on a midtempo leash as this pack of Swedes lead them into dark, uncharted places.
      • A supine Congress like the present one is rapidly eroding the American founding fathers' vision of a legislature keeping the executive branch on a tight leash.
      • You guys are so strait-laced, but you go crazy when you're let off your leashes.
      • Noise still rears an ugly head but, instead of relentlessly bashing away, it is under a leash and controlled.
      • I've trained so long, but yet I was kept on a leash.
      • It could use the threat of revolutions to keep the countries that remain in its orbit on a leash, but that would not be effective, he said.
      • The intelligence apparatus was let off the leash and told to get ‘results,’ which it has been doing with extraordinary relish.
      • I hope the bureaucrats let it off the leash soon.
      • The director doesn't give her much of a leash in this tightly wound story, but that suits the subject and the actress perfectly well.
      • A prohibition on taking deposits in local currency, strict capital requirements and a lid on opening branches are keeping foreign giants on a tight leash.
      • It's little wonder that tourists are kept on a short leash.
      • Had they taken the leash off, or rather the muzzle, two weeks ago, maybe the opinion polls might not consequently have been so cast-iron.
      • They may be knee-deep in paisley but always keep the songs on a leash and never rely too much on nostalgic trappings.
      • But if he never lets his characters off the leash, he leaves them a vast space in which to roam, giving the film a dramatic structure that's radically open and formless.
      • Perhaps he has matured or perhaps he's on a short leash.
      • The pestering problem of ‘protected teachers’ can be tackled only if the unaided sector is put on a leash.
      Synonyms
      control, restraint, check, curb, rein, hold, discipline
verblēSHliʃ
[with object]
  • 1Put a leash on (a dog).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The plurality of such first exterior posts may be selectively used for leashing a dog at any one of a plurality of locations.
    • The Fairfax County Park Authority has always welcomed leashed dogs in all of its parks.
    • The Leashed Tracking Dog License authorizes qualified individuals to use certified leashed tracking dogs to track and find dead, wounded or injured big game.
    • Larger dogs may be taken on the T during off-peak hours and must be leashed and controlled at all times.
    • So what is the proper restraint for your pooch and what is the best way to go about leashing your dog, whether fido is an adult dog who has been on a leash for years or a rascally little puppy that is still chewing on the leash as you try to take him out for his morning walk.
    • Pets are welcome throughout the remainder of the park including trails, but they must be leashed at all times.
    • This is in line with the practice adopted in countries such as Singapore and Ireland where leashing control is imposed on specified large dog breeds.
    • The strongest reaction (milling, fleeing) occurred when the sheep saw a human with a leashed dog.
    Synonyms
    put a leash on, put a lead on, fasten, hitch up, tether, tie up, secure, bind, fetter
    1. 1.1 Restrain.
      his violence was barely leashed
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The security moms are panting with barely leashed desire.
      • She shrank back in her seat, taken aback by the tightly leashed violence in his tone.
      • His touch is that curious blend of tenderness and leashed violence that is the hallmark of a genuine man.
      • Angela Lansbury's 1962 villain was an ice queen but Meryl Streep turns her into a barely leashed neurotic who escalates hissy fits into diatribes.
      • I wasn't sure I was comfortable being so close to him with something so powerful barely leashed inside me.
      Synonyms
      curb, control, keep under control, check, restrain, hold back, suppress

Phrases

  • strain at the leash

    • Be eager to begin or do something.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You may think of soldiers as gung-ho types who strained at the leash last year to invade.
      • I'm straining at the leash to find out the final release date so that I can test the new portal site.
      • The creative energies and the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian people was straining at the leash.
      • In the United States, when the corporate-owned media sense profits, they strain at the leash to sell the line better.
      • Great Britain did not actively strain at the leash to build and rule and empire, but let the responsibilities and territories of the British Empire develop in a free market manner.
      • Openly I have been able to do this for the most part, but inwardly I have often strained at the leash.
      • They are straining at the leash though, and would give anything to be allowed to go up for a crack at them.
      • It was to get to that unheard of city I'd agitated and strained at the leash of Albany Park.
      • And perhaps the sight of their older married brothers straining at the leash is giving them pause.
      • I have customers straining at the leash to include mobile content in their offerings to their customers.
      Synonyms
      eager, impatient, anxious, enthusiastic

Origin

Middle English: from Old French lesse, laisse, from laissier in the specific sense ‘let run on a slack lead’ (see lease).

 
 
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