lead
Εννοια (Αγγλικός)
-
- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or (dated) to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (slang) bullets; ammunition.
- X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
Συχνότητα
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/lɛd/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)
table From Middle English led, leed, from Old English lēad (“lead”), from Proto-West Germanic *laud (“lead”), borrowed from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow”). Cognate with Scots leid, lede (“lead”), North Frisian lud, luad (“lead”), West Frisian lead (“lead”), Dutch lood (“lead”), German Lot (“solder, plummet, sounding line”), Swedish lod (“lead”), Icelandic lóð (“a plumb, weight”), Irish luaidhe (“lead”) Latin plumbum (“lead”), Finnish luoti (“bullet”). Doublet of loth. More at flow. * (graphite in a pencil): Graphite was once believed to be a form of lead; see black lead and plumbago.
Σύμφωνο με Ολλανδικά
lood
Σύμφωνο με Γερμανικά
Lot
Σύμφωνο με Δυτικά Φριζικά
liede
Σύμφωνο με Ολλανδικά
leiden
Σύμφωνο με Γερμανικά
leiten
Βελτιώστε την προφορά σας
Ξεκινήστε να μαθαίνετε Αγγλικά με learnfeliz .
Εξασκηθείτε στην ομιλία και στην απομνημόνευση " lead "και πολλές άλλες λέξεις και προτάσεις στο Αγγλικά .
Μεταβείτε στη σελίδα του μαθήματος Αγγλικά