vt.

1. 引导；领（路）[O]
   She led me into the drawing-room.

   她带我进入客厅。

2. 走在（队伍等）的最前头
   The military band led the parade.

   军乐队走在游行队伍的前面。

3. 诱使；致使[O2]
   What led him to resign his office?

   什么事导致他辞职的？

4. 领导；指挥；率领
   They will let the young man lead the fight.

   他们将让这位年轻人指挥这一仗。

5. （在比赛等中）领先
   He leads his class in English.

   他的英语成绩全班第一。

6. 过（活）；使过（某种生活）
   We lead a very quiet life.

   我们过着非常安静的生活。

7. （打牌时）先出（牌）

vi.

1. 领路
   You lead and we'll follow.

   你领路，我们跟着。

2. 通向，导致[Q]
   That door leads into the garden.

   那扇门通向花园。

3. 领导
   He has a desire to lead.

   他有领袖欲。

4. 领先
   Which horse is leading?

   哪匹马现在领先？

5. 首先出牌（或开球等）

n.[C]

1. 指导，榜样
   All the children followed his lead.

   所有的孩子都以他为榜样。

2. 领先地位[the S]
   Our team was in the lead at half time.

   我们队在前半场领先。

3. 领先的程度（或距离）[S][（+over）]
   Japan has a good lead over other car-producing countries.

   日本大大领先于其它汽车生产国。

4. （牵狗等的）绳索，皮带
   Keep your dog on the lead in public places.

   在公共场所你得用皮带牵着狗。

5. 【电】导线；引线
   Connect these wires to the leads of the battery.

   将这些导线接到电池的引线上。

6. 线索，提示
   The police haven't got a single lead yet.

   警察到现在还未获得一点线索。

7. （戏剧等的）主角，主要演员
   Who is playing the lead in the play?

   谁在戏里扮演主角？

8. （新闻报导的）导语

a.[B]

1. 领先的
2. 最重要的

n.

1. 铅[U]
2. 黑铅，铅笔心[C][U]；铅制品

vt.

1. 用铅包；在……中衬铅；用铅框固定（窗玻璃）

vi.

1. 被铅覆盖；（枪膛等）被铅塞住

v.

1. cause (a person or animal) to go with one by drawing them along.
   ▸show (someone) the way to a destination by preceding or accompanying them.
   ▸ (lead someone on) deceive someone into believing that one is attracted to them.
2. (usu. lead to) be a route or means of access to a particular place.
   ▸culminate or result in.
   ▸ (lead someone to/to do something) be someone's reason or motive for.
   ▸ (lead up to) precede or provide an introduction to.
   ▸ (often lead off with) begin a report or text with a particular item.
3. be in charge or command of.
4. have the advantage in a race or game.
   ▸be superior to (a competitor).
5. have or experience (a particular way of life).
6. (lead with) Boxing  make an attack with (a particular punch or fist).
7. (in card games) play (the first card) in a trick or round of play.

n.

1. the initiative in an action:
   Britain should be taking the environmental lead.
2. (the lead) a position of advantage in a contest; first place.
   ▸an amount by which a competitor is ahead of the others.
3. the chief part in a play or film.
   ▸ [as modifier] playing the chief part in a musical group:

   the lead singer.
   ▸ [as modifier] denoting the principal item in a report or text:

   the lead article.
4. a clue to be followed in the resolution of a problem.
5. Brit. a strap or cord for restraining and guiding a dog.
6. Brit. a wire conveying electric current from a source to an appliance, or connecting two points of a circuit together.
7. the distance advanced by a screw in one turn.
8. (in card games) an act or right of playing first in a trick or round of play.
9. an artificial watercourse leading to a mill.
   ▸a channel of water in an ice field.

n.

1. a heavy bluish-grey soft ductile metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. (Symbol: Pb)
2. graphite used as the part of a pencil that makes a mark.
3. Printing  a blank space between lines of print (originally created by a metal strip).
4. Nautical  a lump of lead suspended on a line to determine the depth of water.
5. (leads) Brit. sheets or strips of lead covering a roof.
6. (leads) lead frames holding the glass of a lattice or stained-glass window.