| ترجمات رئيسية |
| lead [sb]⇒ vtr | (guide) | يقود، يرشد |
| | The tour guide leads the people through the city. |
| | يقود المرشد السياحي الزوّار في المدينة. |
| lead [sb] in [sth] vtr + prep | (head) | يترأس شخصًا في شيء |
| | The priest leads the congregation in prayer. |
| | يترأس الكاهن الرعية في الصلاة. |
| lead [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (command) | يقود شخصًا/شيئًا، يتولى قيادة شخص/شيء |
| | The general leads his troops well, so they do what he orders. |
| | يتولى الجنرال قيادة جنوده بأحسن ما يكون، ولذا ينفذون ما يأمر به. |
| lead [sth]⇒ vtr | (head, manage) | يقود، يرأس |
| | The chief inspector leads the investigation. |
| | يرأس كبير المفتشين التحقيق. |
| lead to [sth] vi + prep | (take you to) | يؤدي إلى شيء، يقود إلى شيء |
| | This road leads to the forest. |
| | تؤدي هذه الطريق إلى الغابة. |
| lead to [sth] vi + prep | figurative (bring about) | يؤدي إلى شيء، يقود إلى شيء |
| | | يُسفر عن شيء |
| | The employee's habitual tardiness led to his dismissal. |
| | Drinking too much alcohol can lead to liver disease. |
| | كان من عادة الموظف أن يتأخر، وهذا ما أدى إلى طرده. // قد يؤدي الإكثار من شرب الكحول إلى أمراض في الكبد. |
| lead [sb] to [sth] vtr + prep | (direct) | يجعل شخصًا شيئًا |
| | Lead them to agreement with logical arguments. |
| | اجعلهم يتوافقون باستعمال حجج منطقية. |
| lead [sb] to do [sth] v expr | (cause, prompt) | يحمل شخصًا على شيء، يجعل شخصًا يفعل شيئًا |
| | Jennifer's interest in animals led her to becoming a vet. |
| | حُبّ جنيفر للحيوانات جعلها تصير طبيبة بيطرية. |
| lead [sth] vtr | (go ahead) | يتقدم، يتصدر، يكون في الطليعة |
| | The German cyclist is currently leading the race. |
| | يتصدّر الدرّاج الألماني السباق حاليًّا. |
| lead [sth] vtr | (live) | يعيش |
| | My grandfather led a hard life. |
| | عاش جدي حياة قاسية. |
| lead n | (chemistry: element) | رصاص |
| | The screen was made of lead to prevent X-rays from passing through. |
| | كانت الشاشة مصنوعة من الرصاص لمنع اختراق الأشعة السينية. |
| lead n | (pencil: graphite) | رصاص |
| | The lead broke on this pencil, so I have to sharpen it. |
| | انكسر الرصاص في هذا القلم، وعليّ أن أبريه. |
| ترجمات إضافية |
| lead adj | (principal) | رئيسي |
| | The lead speaker brought the audience to its feet with his wit. |
| | The lead story in the paper is about the bribery scandal. |
| lead adj | (first; in front of others) | متقدم، متصدر |
| | The lead runner was on second base. |
| lead adj | (American Football pass: made into space) (تمريرة أمامية) | أماميّ |
| | The lead pass arrived at midfield just as the receiver got there. |
| lead n | (weight made of lead) | ثقل رصاص |
| | Pass me those two leads please. I need to weigh this down. |
| lead n | informal (shot, bullets) | طلقات، رصاصات، رصاص |
| | The gangster filled his rival with lead. |
| lead n | (printing: line spacing metal) | رصاص للكتابة |
| | The typesetter cut a lead to fit the line, and put it in the composing stick. |
| lead n | (printing: line space) (تباعد بين السطور في الطباعة) | فسحة |
| | Add another lead between those lines, so there will be more separation between them. |
| the lead n | (first place) | الطليعة |
| | Ben hadn't trained for the race, so the lead wasn't a position he expected to find himself in. |
| lead n | (margin) | متقدم |
| | He had a lead of three minutes over the next runner. |
| | كان متقدمًا بثلاث دقائق على العدّاء التالي. |
| the lead n | (competitor: in front of others) | المتقدم، المتصدر |
| | The lead is a Nigerian runner. |
| lead n | (clue, indication) | خيط، دليل |
| | The investigator caught the thief after finding the important lead. |
| the lead n | (principal role) | الدور الرئيسي |
| | Do you know who is going to play the lead in this movie? The lead in the film was a famous actress. |
| lead n | (journalism: introduction) | مقال رئيسي |
| | The article's lead stated all the main facts. |
| lead n | (example) | مثال |
| | Follow my lead, and you will be a success. |
| lead n | (leadership) | قيادة |
| | The whole team followed his lead. |
| lead n | (cards: playing first) | بدء باللعب |
| | John took the lead and played first. |
| lead n | (cards: right to play first) | حق البدء باللعب |
| | It is your lead. Go ahead and play. |
| lead n | (cards: suit played first) | نقش أول ورقة لعب |
| | The lead was an ace of hearts. |
| lead n | (electricity: connecting wire) | سلك كهربائي |
| | First, connect the red lead to the brown connector. |
| lead n | (head start) | مجال |
| | The hunter gave the target a lead of about a metre. |
| lead n | UK (leash for a dog) | رسن، مقود |
| | Dogs must be kept on a lead at all times in this park. |
| lead n | (business: potential customer) | زبون محتمل، عميل محتمل |
| | Max uses social media to generate leads for his business. |
| lead n | (business: opportunity) | فرصة بيع محتملة |
| | Rita, who works in Sales, spends her day on the phone chasing up leads. |
| lead n | (horse leg placement at canter) (في مشية الخيل) | رِجل قائدة |
| | If your horse begins to tire, changing the lead to its right leg may help. |
lead,
lead line,
US also: lead rope n | (horse: rope for leading) | مِقوَد |
| | The rider attached the lead to the horse's halter. |
| lead⇒ vi | (go first) | يتقدّم، يسير في المقدّم، يسير أولاً |
| | If you lead, I'll follow. |
| lead vi | (be ahead of others) | يتقدم |
| | The runner leads by thirty metres. |
| lead vi | (take the offensive) | يهاجم |
| | The boxer led with his left fist. |
| lead vi | (baseball: runner's movement) | يتقدم |
| | Runners often lead with two outs. |
| lead vi | (guide dance partner) | يقود في الرقص |
| | I don't know this dance. You will have to lead. |
| lead [sth]⇒ vtr | (influence) | يؤثر في/على شيء |
| | The president is able to lead public opinion with his comments to the press. |
| lead [sth] vtr | (cards: play first) | يبدأ اللعب بشيء |
| | He led an ace of hearts. |
| | بدأ اللعب برمي أص الكبّة. |
| lead [sth] vtr | (aim a gun) | يصوّب إلى أمام شيء |
| | Lead the target by a foot or two. |
| lead [sb]⇒ vtr | (throw ball ahead of [sb]) | يلقي بالكرة أمامه |
| | Don't throw the ball where he is, you need to lead him by throwing ahead of him. |
| lead [sb] vtr | (hold advantage over) | يتقدم على شخص |
| | He led the other runner by 30 meters. |
| lead [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (music: conduct a group) (فرقة موسيقية) | يقود |
| | The conductor has led this orchestra for two years. |
| lead [sth]⇒ vtr | (cards: play first) | يستهل اللعب بالورق |
| | You lead this hand. Throw your card. |
| lead [sb]⇒ vtr | (dance partner: guide) (في الرقص) | يقود |
| | He gracefully lead his partner in the waltz. |
| lead [sb] to [sth] vtr + prep | (prompt to mention) | يُوصل شخصًا إلى شيء، يقود شخصًا إلى شيء |
| | All of which leads me to my next point, which is that the project cannot possibly be completed on time. |
أفعال مركّبيّة
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| lead [sth/sb] away vtr phrasal sep | (guide elsewhere) | يقتاد شخصًا/شيئًا بعيدًا، يُبعد شخصًا/شيئًا |
| | A police officer put the man in handcuffs and led him away. |
| lead back vi phrasal | (card games) (في لعب الورق) | يردّ |
| | | يلعب النوع الذي بدأ به شريكه |
| lead [sth/sb] back vtr phrasal sep | (show way to original location) | يبين الطريق لشخص/شيء |
| | I've forgotten the way to the hotel: could someone lead me back, please? |
| lead into [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (be prelude to) | يمهّد لشيء |
| | Opening titles lead into a movie. |
| lead off vi phrasal | (baseball: begin) (في البيسبول) | يبدأ، يستهلّ |
| lead off vi phrasal | US, figurative (begin a meeting) (اجتماعًا) | يبدأ، يستهلّ |
| | Let's lead off by introducing ourselves. |
| lead off from [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (room, etc.: adjoin) | يصل إليه من شيء |
| | The couple have a downstairs bedroom, which leads off from the living room. |
| lead off into [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (room, path, etc.: continue into) | يؤدي إلى شيء |
| | The path on the left leads off into the woods. |
| lead on vi phrasal | (go first, show the way) | يتقدّم، يسير أمام شخص |
| | "Lead on!" she said, and I showed her along the corridor. |
| lead [sb] on vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (mislead) | يخدع |
| | I thought he loved me, but he was just leading me on. |
| lead on to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (progress to) | يؤدّي إلى شيء، يقود إلى شيء، يمهّد السبيل لشيء |
| | We hope that this early success will lead on to further triumphs. |
| lead [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | (guide to the exit) | يُخرج شخصًا |
| | | يفضي بشخص إلى المخرج |
| lead up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (events: come before) | يقود إلى شيء، يسبق شيئًا |
| | The days leading up to the wedding were so busy, with many details to finalise. |
| lead up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (events: culminate in) | يؤدّي إلى شيء |
| | In court, the police officer recounted the events leading up to the defendant's arrest. |
| | في المحكمة، سرد الشرطيّ الأحداث التي أدّت إلى اعتقال المدّعى عليه. |
| lead up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (introduce: a subject) | يمهّد لشيء |
| | The speaker led up to the topic by telling the audience about some of the historical background. |
| | Tessa kept beating about the bush and her brothers wondered what she was leading up to. |
| lead with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (begin with a subject) | يستهلّ بشيء، يبدأ بشيء |
| lead with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (boxing: start attack with) (في الملاكمة) | يستهلّ لعبه بشيء، يبدأ لعبه بشيء |
صيغ مركبة:
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dog leash,
also UK: dog lead n | (lead for a canine) | رسن كلب، مقود كلب |
| | As Jack was always running off with other dogs, we have to put him on a dog leash when we take him for a walk now. |
extension cord (US),
extension lead (UK) n | (electronics) | سلك توصيل |
| follow [sb]'s lead v expr | (do the same as [sb] else) | يفعل مثل شخص، يحذو حذو شخص |
| | The leader of the exercise class wanted us to follow her lead. |
| get the lead out v expr | figurative, slang (hurry) | يسرع |
| ملاحظة: قد تجد أقرب مرادف للتعبير الإنجليزي بالعامية نظرًا لاختلاف الأسلوب بين الفصحى والعامية |
| in the lead adv | (winning) | في الصدارة |
| | Up by thirteen points over the hated Bears, the Wolves are currently in the lead. |
| in the lead-up adv | (in the period before) | في فترة ما قبل |
| in the lead-up to [sth] expr | (in the period before) | في الفترة التي تسبق شيئًا |
| | This change was reflected in the opinion polls conducted in the lead up to the election. |
| lead [sb] astray vtr + adv | figurative (tempt into bad behaviour) | يضلل شخصًا، يخدع شخصًا |
| | Young people can so easily be led astray by false values. |
| lead [sb] astray vtr + adv | figurative (mislead) | يخدع شخصًا |
| | The conman led investors in the scheme astray with promises of easy profit. |
| lead by example v expr | (behave as you wish others to do) | يكون قدوة، يرسم المثال |
| | If you want your children to be compassionate, lead by example. |
| lead [sb] by the nose v expr | figurative (control, steer to do [sth]) (مجازي: يتحكم به) | يقود شخصًا من أنفه |
| lead [sb] by the nose v expr | figurative (deceive) | يخدع شخصًا |
lead [sb] down the garden path,
lead [sb] up the garden path v expr | informal, figurative (deceive) | يخدع، يكذب |
| | I never suspected he was just leading me down the garden path. |
| lead generation n | (creation of consumer interest) | إنشاء عملاء محتملين |
| | Company newsletters are one method of lead generation. |
| lead glass n | (clear, hard material) | زجاج رصاصيّ |
| lead line | (nautical) (في الملاحة) | حبل السبر، سلك السبر |
| lead mining n | (excavation for lead) | التنقيب عن الرصاص |
| | Much of the countryside has been scarred by the lead mining that used to take place. |
| lead pencil n | (graphite pencil) | قلم رصاص |
| | When I was a child I accidentally stabbed my leg with a lead pencil and you can still see the mark today! |
| lead poisoning n | (illness caused by exposure to lead) | تسمم بالرصاص |
| | Removing old lead-based paintwork without wearing a mask can cause lead poisoning. |
| | Lead poisoning can cause serious developmental problems in children. |
| lead role n | (central acting part) | دور رئيسي |
| | My son got the lead role in the school play. |
lead screw,
leadscrew n | (tool used in machines) (أداة تُستعمل في آلات) | لولب السحب، عمود الجرّ |
| lead sheet n | (type of sheet music for a song) (في الموسيقى) | نوتة مبسطة |
| lead singer n | (main singer in a popular music group) | المغني الرئيسي |
| | He's always wanted to be the lead singer in a rock band. |
| lead the way v expr | (serve as guide) | يتصدّر، يقود |
| | John knows where we are going, so he will lead the way. |
| lead the way v expr | figurative (be the first to do [sth]) | يتصدّر، يكون في المقدمة |
| | Ford led the way into mass-produced automobiles. |
| lead time n | (time between design and finished product) | مهلة الإنجاز، مهلة التنفيذ |
| | You didn't give me enough lead time to finish this project. |
| lead [sb] to believe v expr | often passive (mislead into thinking) (بشكل مخادع) | يجعل شخصًا يعتقد |
| | The financial advisor led me to believe that my investments were safe. |
| lead-based paint n | (wet pigment containing lead) | دهان بأساس من رصاص |
| | Old houses often have dangerous lead-based paint on the walls. |
| lead-free adj | (without lead) | خالٍ من الرصاص |
| ملاحظة: With a hyphen before a noun. |
| lead-in n | (introduction) | مَدخل |
| | | مقدمة |
| | Every day this news program always starts with the anchor reading the same lead-in. |
| lead-off adj | US (first, beginning) (من يبتدئ) | الأول |
| lead-up n | (preceding events, action) | مرحلة ما قبل، فترة الاستعداد، فترة التحضير |
| | The politician made promises in the lead-up to the election that he failed to keep once he came to power. |
| pencil lead n | (graphite part of a pencil) | رصاص قلم رصاص |
red lead,
minium n | (lead oxide: pigment) | رصاص أحمر، سَلَقون، زَيرَقون، إسرَنج |
| retractable lead n | (point of a propelling pencil) | رصاص قابل للسحب |
| | A pencil with retractable lead is great because you don't have to sharpen it. |
| sales lead n | (potential customer) | زبون محتمل، عميل محتمل |
strain at the leash (US),
strain at the lead (UK) v expr | (dog: pull against lead) | يشدّ الرسن بقوة |
| | The dog was so determined to chase the cat, it was straining at the leash. |
| take the lead v expr | (race: in first place) | يأخذ الصدارة، يتصدّر المركز الأول |
| | With a burst of speed, Jack took the lead in the race. |
| take the lead v expr | figurative (take the initiative) | يبادر، يأخذ المبادرة |
| take the lead on [sth] v expr | (take the initiative on) | يبادر إلى شيء، يأخذ المبادرة في شيء |
team leader,
team lead n | ([sb] who manages a group) | قائد فريق |
| | As team leader, Paul ensures that each member of his team has clear targets and is motivated to work towards them. |
unleaded,
lead-free,
lead free adj | (vehicle fuel: without lead) | بلا رصاص |
| | This car only runs on unleaded gasoline. |
unleaded,
lead-free,
lead free n | informal (lead-free vehicle fuel) | وقود بلا رصاص |
| | Fill it with unleaded, please. |