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leash

noun
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(especially North American English)
(British English usually lead)
Idioms
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  1. a long piece of leather, chain or rope used for holding and controlling a dog（牵狗用的）皮带，链条，绳索
    • on a leash All dogs must be kept on a leash in public places.在公共场所所有的狗必须用皮带牵住。🔊🔊
    • Once she was away from the road, she could let the dogs off the leash.一旦离开公路后，她便可以给狗解开链子了。
    Topics Animalsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryLeash is used after these nouns:
    • dog
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French lesse, laisse, from laissier in the specific sense ‘let run on a slack lead’, from Latin laxare ‘make loose’, from laxus ‘loose, lax’.
Idioms
strain at the leash
  1. (informal) to want to do something very much急于；迫不及待
    • Like all youngsters, he's straining at the leash to leave home.跟所有年轻人一样，他也急于离开家生活。🔊🔊

leash

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they leash
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he / she / it leashes
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past simple leashed
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past participle leashed
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-ing form leashing
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  1. leash something to control an animal, especially a dog, with a leash用皮带系住，拴住，缚住（尤指狗）
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French lesse, laisse, from laissier in the specific sense ‘let run on a slack lead’, from Latin laxare ‘make loose’, from laxus ‘loose, lax’.