leash
noun /liːʃ/
/liːʃ/
(especially North American English) (British English usually lead)
Idioms - a long piece of leather, chain or rope used for holding and controlling a dog
（牵狗用的）皮带，链条，绳索 - on a leash 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。 - Once she was away from the road, she could let the dogs off the leash.
一旦离开公路后，她便可以给狗解开链子了。
Collocations DictionaryLeash is used after these nouns:- dog
词源Middle English: from Old French lesse, laisse, from laissier in the specific sense ‘let run on a slack lead’, from Latin laxare ‘make loose’, from laxus ‘loose, lax’. - on a leash All dogs must be kept on a leash in public places.
Idioms
strain at the leash
- (informal) to want to do something very much
急于；迫不及待 - Like all youngsters, he's straining at the leash to leave home.
跟所有年轻人一样，他也急于离开家生活。
- Like all youngsters, he's straining at the leash to leave home.