單詞
leather
英 ['lee?]
美['l?e?]
基本信息
- n. 皮革；皮革制品
- vt. 用皮革包蓋；抽打
- adj. 皮的；皮革制的
- n. (Leather)人名；(英)萊瑟
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詞態變化
復數:?leathers;
中文詞源
leather 皮革
來自PIE*letro,皮，皮鞋。可能進一步來自PIE*skel,切，撕，詞源同scale,shell.比較corium,carnal.
英文詞源
- leather
- leather: [OE] The Indo-European ancestor of leather was *letrom. It has descendants in two branches of the Indo-European language family: in Celtic, Welsh lledr, Irish leathar, and Breton ler; and in Germanic, German leder, Dutch leer, Swedish l?der, Danish l?der, and English leather.
- leather (n.)
- Old English leeer (in compounds only) "hide, skin, leather," from Proto-Germanic *lethran (cognates: Old Norse leer, Old Frisian lether, Old Saxon lethar, Middle Dutch, Dutch leder, Old High German ledar, German leder), from PIE *letro- "leather" (cognates: Old Irish lethar, Welsh lledr, Breton lezr). As an adjective from early 14c.; it acquired a secondary sense of "sado-masochistic" 1980s, having achieved that status in homosexual jargon in the 1970s.
雙語例句
- 1. Leather jeans that are too big will make you look larger.
- 過于肥大的皮褲會讓你看起來塊頭更大。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He drummed his fingers on the leather top of his desk.
- 他用手指連續敲擊他的皮革桌面。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. When selecting boots, fine, quality leather will be a wise investment.
- 在挑選長筒靴的時候，購買上等的好皮靴將是明智的選擇。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He pulled the zip of his leather jacket down slightly.
- 他稍稍往下拉了拉皮夾克的拉鏈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. His captors had put a gag of thick leather in his mouth.
- 劫持者用一塊厚厚的皮革堵住了他的嘴。
來自柯林斯例句
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