核心畫面

Lead put into something, or put around something. The word is just lead plus -ed, so every use is a thing with lead added to it: lead stirred into fuel or paint, lead melted into heavy bright glass, lead drawn into thin strips that hold small of a window together. One more thing travels with it: this word is said /ˈledɪd/, rhyming with bedded, because it grows from lead the grey metal and not from lead meaning to guide.

可以想成把鉛加進去,或把鉛圍上去。這個字就是 lead(鉛)加 -ed,所以每一個用法都是「某樣東西裡面有鉛,或被鉛更多收起可以想成把鉛加進去,或把鉛圍上去。這個字就是 lead(鉛)加 -ed,所以每一個用法都是「某樣東西裡面有鉛,或被鉛固定住」:鉛加進汽油、加進油漆,鉛熔進又重又亮的玻璃,鉛拉成細條把一小片一小片的窗玻璃夾起來。還有一件事跟著這個畫面走:它唸 /ˈledɪd/,第一個音節跟 bed 押韻,因為它長自金屬的 lead(鉛),不是「帶領」的那個 lead。

From the word’s history

From lead (the metal, Old English lead) plus the ending -ed, giving the plain meaning having lead added.

來自 lead(金屬鉛,古英文 lēad)加上字尾 -ed,字面就是「加了鉛的」。

Wiktionary entry for leaded, etymology 1 (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1188844356), supplied in the evidence packet

Three branches

鉛在裡面

核心畫面最直接的一半:鉛被加進材料裡,成為這樣東西的成分之一。

adjective · C1

Made with lead in it, or treated with lead — used about things such as paint, solder, and heavy glass known as leaded crystal.

含鉛的

鉛在外面框住

核心畫面的另一半:鉛不是混進去,而是拉成細條,把東西夾住、固定住。

adjective · C1

A leaded window, or leaded glass, is made of small pieces of glass — often square or diamond shaped — held in place by narrow strips of lead.

鉛條鑲嵌的(窗)

借來開玩笑的咖啡說法

這一族不是鉛的新用法,而是把加油站那組 leaded/unleaded 整個借去講咖啡。

adjective · C2

Used about coffee to mean that it has caffeine in it, as opposed to decaf.

有咖啡因的(咖啡)

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

leadedadj詞源 1/ˈlɛdɪd/

  • 1

    Held in place by strips of lead.

  • 2

    Containing or treated with the element lead.

  • 3

    Containing tetraethyllead.

    • Leaded gasoline is hard to find in some areas now.
  • 4

    informalcaffeinated.

leadedadj詞源 2/ˈliːdɪd/

  • 1

    Having a lead, or leads

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。