leash

• n. 皮带；束缚
• vt. 束缚；用皮带绑住

来自古法语laisse,松开，皮带，词源同lease,lax.即把狗松开，给予狗部分自由，用来指牵狗的皮带，后词义通用化。

leash (v.)

"to attach to or with a leash," 1590s, from leash (n.). Related: Leashed; leashing.

leash (n.)

"thong for holding a dog or hound," c. 1300, from Old French laisse "hound's leash," from laissier "loosen," from Latin laxare, from laxus "loose" (see lax). Figurative sense attested from early 15c. The meaning "a set of three" is from early 14c., originally in sporting language.

1. All dogs must be kept on a leash in public places.

在公共场所所有的狗必须用皮带牵住。

来自《权威词典》

2. I reached for the leash, but the dog got in between.

我伸手去拿系狗绳, 但被狗挡住了路.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The dog strains at the leash, eager to be off.

狗拼命地扯拉皮带, 想挣脱开去.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. One Sunday he began trying to teach the two puppies to walk on a leash.

一个星期天，他开始尝试训练两只小狗系上皮带走路。

来自柯林斯例句

5. The dog yelped excitedly when his master opened a desk drawer and produced his leash.

主人打开抽屉拿出牵狗用的皮带时，狗兴奋地叫了起来。

来自柯林斯例句