leather

英 ['lee?] 美['l?e?]

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復(fù)數(shù):?leathers;

leather 皮革

來自PIE*letro,皮，皮鞋。可能進(jìn)一步來自PIE*skel,切，撕，詞源同scale,shell.比較corium,carnal.

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.

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。

2. He drummed his fingers on the leather top of his desk.: 他用手指連續(xù)敲擊他的皮革桌面。

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。

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。