| 单词 | leather |
| 释义 | leather n. & v. --n 1. a material made from the skin of an animal by tanning or a similar process. b (attrib.) made of leather. 2. a piece of leather for polishing with. 3. the leather part or parts of something. 4. sl. a cricket-ball or football. 5. (in pl.) leather clothes, esp. leggings, breeches, or clothes for wearing on a motor cycle. 6. a thong (stirrup-leather). --vtr. 1. cover with leather. 2. polish or wipe with a leather. 3. beat, thrash (orig. with a leather thong). Phrases and idioms leather-jacket 1. Brit. a crane-fly grub with a tough skin. 2. any of various tough-skinned marine fish of the family Monacanthidae. leather-neck Naut. sl. a soldier or (esp. US) a marine (with reference to the leather stock formerly worn by them). Etymology: OE lether f. Gmc |
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