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leash

/leesh/US // liʃ //UK // (liːʃ) //

绳索,皮带,绳子,狗带

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
    • : check; curb; restraint: to keep one's temper in leash; a tight leash on one's subordinates.
    • : Hunting. a brace and a half, as of foxes or hounds.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to secure, control, or restrain by or as if by a leash: to leash water power for industrial use.
    • : to bind together by or as if by a leash; connect; link; associate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbrein, hold

Examples

  • Apple also held a tight leash around not only the creative assets but also targeting data and detailed reporting information.

  • For a medium-size dog, she suggests a ½- to ¾-inch-wide nylon leash.

  • Be careful when going off-leashBefore you set your dog free, make sure you know the leash laws in your area.

  • For one, you don’t really have control when you let the leash spool out, and while you’re supposed to be able to reel it back in, they sometimes malfunction.

  • That goes for well-trained dogs, too, because once you take the leash off, a lot of factors will be beyond your control.

  • They say The Guardian has been dragging its feet on the pursuit of NSA-related stories while keeping the Times on a short leash.

  • Cruz is not alone in demanding that the IRS be neutered, or at least be put on a very short leash.

  • In the article, she spoke about her boyfriend taking her to clubs on a leash and collar.

  • As long as he polls even with HRC, he'll be given a long leash indeed.

  • Hillary Clinton was kept on a pretty short leash by this White House.

  • Nicholson and John Lawrence were there; could they hold those warrior-tribes in subjection, or, better still, in leash?

  • The little page who answered the door held in leash an Arab greyhound larger than himself.

  • Imperturbable, on the platform, he seemed to be holding in leash the Wendover train whose engines were throbbing for flight.

  • Kathlyn, seizing the leash, followed like the wind, hampered though she was by the apron.

  • She snapped the leash on his collar just as her father came running up, pale and disturbed.