leather

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈlɛðə/    美 /ˈlɛðɚ/|/ˈleðə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise. countable,uncountable
  2. A piece of the above used for polishing. countable,uncountable
  3. A cricket ball or football. colloquial,countable,uncountable
    — The goalee made a frantic grab as the leather spun clean past him, but he was just a second too late, and Joe had scored for Redcliff.
  4. clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders. countable,plural,uncountable
  5. A good defensive play countable,uncountable
    — Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.
  6. A punch. countable,uncountable
  7. The skin. countable,dated,humorous,uncountable
  8. Clipping of fruit leather. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To cover with leather. transitive
    — He rose and leathered his Colt as his father came to stand beside him.
  2. To form a leathery surface (on). ambitransitive
    — By the appearance of his deep suntan, which had leathered his skin, and the calluses that covered his hands, Sheriff Anderson figured the man to be one of the area ranchers.
  3. To strike forcefully. transitive
    — He leathered the ball all the way down the street.
  4. To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap. transitive
    — My father was very angry with me— -he took and leathered ( beat) me, because I ran away from my school ; for I did run away from my school ; he took and tied me up on a Sunday morning, leathered me a Friday night, and Saturday night : I was stripped naked when he leathered me on Friday night, and Saturday; my father told me to strip myself, and he leathered me, it was with a whip; but I do not know where he got the whip; he tied me with my arms extended so -- (spreading out her arms to their extremity, as if they were to be nailed upon a cross) -- My legs were tied too -- I was at the bottom of the dresser.
形容词 adj.
  1. Made of leather. not-comparable
    — Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
  2. Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality. not-comparable
  3. Referring to an establishment of familial relations through agreed sexual or romantic deviance. not-comparable
    — Some research has documented the phenomenon of leather families as a form of intentional, chosen families created by members of sexual and gender minority groups, often in the face of biological family rejection and marginalization in society (Bauer, 2010; Hammack et al., 2019; Murphy & Bjorngaard, 2019; Pitagora, 2016). Leather families are a network of people that acknowledge and practice ongoing supportive relationships “while sharing the commonalities of the leather and kink scene” (Bannon, 2016). […] Very few studies have examined how many people are members of leather or other “chosen” families.

词形变化

leathers plural leathers present,singular,third-person leathering participle,present leathered participle,past leathered past

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Celtic *letrosbor.
Proto-Germanic *leþrą
Proto-West Germanic *leþr
Old English leþer
Middle English lether
English leather
From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro-.
Cognate with West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Celtic *letrosbor.
Proto-Germanic *leþrą
Proto-West Germanic *leþr
Old English leþer
Middle English lether
English leather
From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro-.
Cognate with West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”).
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Celtic *letrosbor.
Proto-Germanic *leþrą
Proto-West Germanic *leþr
Old English leþer
Middle English lether
English leather
From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (“leather”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸlitrom, *letros, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥tro-.
Cognate with West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”).
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