league

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A group or association of cooperating members. countable,uncountable
    — the League of Nations
  2. The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
    — Thenne kynge Mark and sir Dynadan rode forth a four leges englysshe tyl that they came to a brydge where houed a knyght on horsbak armed and redy to Iuste. "Then King Mark and Sir Dinadan rode forth a four leagues English, till that they came to a bridge where hoved a knight on horseback, armed and ready to joust."
  3. An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship. countable,uncountable
    — My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League and the American League in baseball.
  4. A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
  5. Ellipsis of rugby league. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,informal,uncountable
    — Are you going to watch the league tonight?
  6. A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level. countable,uncountable
    — Forget about dating him; he's out of your league.
  7. A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟). countable,uncountable
  8. An alliance or coalition. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support. ambitransitive
    — Out of my sight, thou Serpent, that name best Befits thee with him leagu'd.
形容词 adj.
  1. Playing in the The Football League or the Premier League, the top four divisions of English football UK,not-comparable

词形变化

leagues plural leagues present,singular,third-person leaguing participle,present leagued participle,past leagued past leagues plural

词汇关系

反义词
non-league
衍生词
A-League Anti-Defecation League antileague Apartheid Defense League beer league big league big-league Burger League bush-league bush league Cactus League Camel League counterleague enleague farmers' league farm league Grapefruit League Hanseatic League hot stove league in a league of one's own in league inleague interleague intraleague League City league cup League of Nations leaguer league table League Two leaguewide leaguist major league major-league marine league minor-league minor league Negro Felon League Nigger Felon League nonleague non-league out of one's league proleague rec league seven-league boot seven-league boots superleague Super League W-League
相关词
ally alliance

词源

词源 1
From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”), from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“to tie”).
词源 2
From Middle English lege (“league”), from Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā (compare Middle Breton leau, lew, Breton lev / leo (“league”)). Doublet of legua.
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