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- a dog's lead拴狗链, 拴狗带。
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- Falconry a thong or string attached to the jesses of a hawk, used for tying it to a perch or a creance【猎鹰】猎鹰腿带。
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- figurative a restraint〈喻〉约束, 限制：
her bristling temper was kept on a leash.
她暴烈的脾气受到约束。
with obj.
1- put a leash on (a dog)给（狗）拴链（或带）。
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- figurative restrain〈喻〉限制, 抑制：
his violence was barely leashed.
他的狂暴几乎未受限制。
短语
strain at the leash
- figurative be eager to begin or do something〈喻〉急于开始, 迫不及待地要做某事。
词源
Middle English: from Old French lesse, laisse, from laissier in the specific sense 'let run on a slack lead' （see LEASE）.