单词 | lea |
释义 | lea lea1 /lee, lay/, n. 1. a tract of open ground, esp. grassland; meadow. 2. land used for a few years for pasture or for growing hay, then plowed over and replaced by another crop. 3. a crop of hay on tillable land. adj. 4. untilled; fallow. Also, ley. [bef. 900; ME lege, lei, OE leah; c. OHG loh, dial. D loo (as in Waterloo), L lucus] lea2 /lee/, n. 1. a measure of yarn of varying quantity, for wool usually 80 yards (73 m), cotton and silk 120 yards (110 m), linen 300 yards (274 m). 2. Textiles. a. a unit length used to ascertain the linear density of yarns. b. a count or number representing units of linear measure per pound in linen or cotton yarn: a 20-lea yarn. [1350-1400; perh. back formation from ME lese, var. of LEASH] |
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