leet

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A portion or list, especially a list of candidates for an office; also the candidates themselves. Scotland
  2. A regular court, more specifically a court-leet, in which certain lords had jurisdiction over local disputes, or the physical area of this jurisdiction. UK,obsolete
  3. The European pollock. UK
    — The whiting pollock sometimes, par excellence is styled pollock only. On the Yorkshire coast it is called a leet, and in Scotland a lythe.
  4. A place where roads meet or cross; intersection obsolete
  5. Abbreviation of leetspeak. Internet,abbreviation,alt-of,dated,uncountable
  6. Alternative form of leat (“watercourse”). alt-of,alternative
动词 v.
  1. simple past of let form-of,obsolete,past
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to leetspeak.
  2. Possessing outstanding skill in a field; expert, masterful. slang
  3. Having superior social rank over others; upper class, elite. slang
  4. Awesome, typically to describe a feat of skill; cool, sweet. slang
    — Powered by leetness! You can have the leetest hardware imaginable in your gaming rig, but it won't matter if you run it with a cheap power supply.

词形变化

leets plural leets plural leets plural leets plural 1337 alternative eleet alternative el337 alternative l33t alternative 31337 alternative 3l33t alternative leeter comparative leetest superlative 1337 alternative eleet alternative el337 alternative l33t alternative 31337 alternative 3l33t alternative

词源

词源 1
From Scots leet, leit, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French lite, litte, variant of liste (“list”); or from Old Norse leiti, hleyti (“a share, portion”) (compare Old English hlēt (“share, lot”)); or an aphaeretic shortening of French élite.
词源 2
From Old English lēt, past tense of lǣtan (“to let”).
词源 3
Originated 1400–50 from late Middle English lete (“meeting”), from Anglo-Norman lete and Medieval Latin leta (Anglo-Latin), possibly from Old English ġelǣte (“crossroads”).
词源 4
Jamieson mentions the alternative spellings lyth, lythe, laid, and laith, and connects it to a verb lythe (“to shelter”), as it "is frequently caught ... in deep holes among the rocks".
词源 5
From Middle English lete, from Old English ġelǣt, ġelǣte, from Proto-Germanic *galētą, *lētą. More at leat.
词源 6
Apheretic form of elite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.
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