leading

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈliːdɪŋ/    美 /ˈlidɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act by which one is led or guided.
    — It has been said that we ought not to force our way, but to wait for the openings, and leadings of Providence; but it might with equal propriety be answered in this case, neither ought we to neglect embracing those openings in providence which daily present themselves to us.
  2. Vertical space added between lines; line spacing. uncountable
  3. Command of an army or military unit. archaic
    — Art thou but Captaine of a thouſand horſe, That by Characters grauen in thy browes, And by thy martiall face and ſtout aſpect, Deſeru’ſt to haue the leading of an hoſte?
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of lead form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
形容词 adj.
  1. Providing guidance or direction. not-comparable
    — Avoid leading questions if you really want the truth.
  2. Ranking first. not-comparable
    — He is a leading supplier of plumbing supplies in the county.
  3. Occurring in advance; preceding. not-comparable
    — The stock market can be a leading economic indicator.

词形变化

leadings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
forthleading leading gentleman leading hand leading indicator leading lady leadingly leading man leading question leading seaman leading spoke leading woman nonleading subleading bandleading ringleading

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ledinge, ledynge, ledand, ledande, ledende, from Old English lǣdende, from Proto-West Germanic *laidijandī, from Proto-Germanic *laidijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *laidijaną (“to lead”), equivalent to lead + -ing. Compare West Frisian liedend, Dutch leidend, German leitend, Swedish ledande, Icelandic leiðandi.
词源 2
From Middle English leding, ledyng, ledinge, ledunge, equivalent to lead + -ing. Cognate with Dutch leiding (“conduit, leading, guidance, leadership”), German Leitung (“line, conduit, cable”).
词源 3
From Middle English leedynge, equivalent to lead (chemical element) + -ing; so named because in metal typesetting (letterpress and hot metal typesetting), pieces of lead (slugs, strips, blocks, etc) were often the mechanical means of producing the gap.
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