leal

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Loyal, honest. Scotland
    — Mr Toots, like the leal and trusty soul he was, stopped the cabriolet in a twinkling, and told Susan Nipper of his commission, at which she cried more than before.
  2. True, genuine. Scotland
    — The lealest lover time can show, / Doomed for a lady-love to languish, / Among these solitudes doth go, / A prey to every kind of anguish.

词形变化

lealer comparative lealest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
Land of the Leal leally lealness unleal

词源

Inherited from Middle English leel, lel, borrowed from Anglo-Norman leal and Old French leial, from Latin lēgālis. Doublet of loyal and legal.
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