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lee
1[ lee ]
noun
- protective shelter:
The lee of the rock gave us some protection against the storm.
- the side or part that is sheltered or turned away from the wind:
We erected our huts under the lee of the mountain.
- Chiefly Nautical. the quarter or region toward which the wind blows.
adjective
- pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the lee.
Lee
2[ lee ]
noun
- Ann, 1736鈥84, British mystic: founder of Shaker sect in the United States.
- Charles, 1731鈥82, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- Doris Em路rick [em, -rik], 1905鈥1986, U.S. painter.
- 贵颈迟锄路丑耻驳丑 [fits, -hyoo, -yoo, fits-, hyoo, -, yoo], 1835鈥1905, U.S. general and statesman (grandson of Henry Lee; nephew of Robert E. Lee).
- Francis Light路foot [lahyt, -f, oo, t], 1734鈥97, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Richard H. Lee).
- Gypsy Rose Rose Louise Hovick, 1914鈥70, U.S. entertainer.
- Harper, 1926鈥2016, U.S. novelist.
- Henry Light-Horse Harry, 1756鈥1818, American Revolutionary general (father of Robert E. Lee).
- Kuan Yew [kwahn yoo], 1923鈥2015, Singapore political leader: prime minister 1959鈥90.
- Man路fred Bennington [man, -frid], Ellery Queen, 1905鈥71, U.S. mystery writer, in collaboration with Frederic Dannay.
- Richard Henry, 1732鈥94, American Revolutionary statesman (brother of Francis L. Lee).
- Robert E(dward), 1807鈥70, U.S. soldier and educator: Confederate general in the American Civil War (son of Henry Lee).
- Sir Sidney, 1859鈥1926, English biographer and critic.
- Spike Shelton Jackson Lee, born 1957, U.S. film director, screenwriter, and actor.
- Tsung-Dao [dzoong, -, dou], born 1926, Chinese physicist in the United States: Nobel Prize 1957.
- a town in western Massachusetts: part of the Berkshire resort area.
- a male or female given name.
lee
1/ 濒颈藧 /
noun
- a sheltered part or side; the side away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
- by the leenautical so that the wind is blowing on the wrong side of the sail
- under the leenautical towards the lee
adjective
- prenominal nautical on, at, or towards the side or part away from the wind Compare weather
on a lee shore
Lee
2/ 濒颈藧 /
noun
- a river in SW Republic of Ireland, flowing east into Cork Harbour. Length: about 80 km (50 miles)
Lee
3/ 濒颈藧 /
noun
- LeeAng1954MTaiwaneseFILMS AND TV: director Ang (忙艐). born 1954, Taiwanese film director; his films include Sense and Sensibility (1995), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Brokeback Mountain (2005), and Life of Pi (2012)
- LeeBruce19401973MUSFILMS AND TV: actorSPORT AND GAMES: kung fu expert Bruce, original name Lee Yuen Kam . 1940鈥73, US film actor and kung fu expert who starred in such films as Enter the Dragon (1973)
- LeeGypsy Rose19141970FUSARTS AND CRAFTS: artisteARTS AND CRAFTS: artiste Gypsy Rose, original name Rose Louise Hovick . 1914鈥70, US striptease and burlesque artiste, who appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies (1936) and in films
- LeeLaurie19141997MBritishWRITING: poetWRITING: writer Laurie (藞l蓲r瑟). 1914鈥97, British poet and writer, best known for the autobiographical Cider with Rosie (1959)
- LeeRichard Henry17321794MUSPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: revolutionary Richard Henry. 1732鈥94, American Revolutionary statesman, who moved the resolution in favour of American independence (1776)
- LeeRobert E(dward)18071870MUSMILITARY: generalMILITARY: military commander Robert E ( dward ). 1807鈥70, American general; commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies in the Civil War
- LeeSpike1957MUSFILMS AND TV: director Spike, real name Shelton Jackson Lee. born 1957, US film director: his films include She's Gotta Have It (1985), Malcolm X (1992), and the documentary When the Leeves Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2008)
- LeeT(sung)-D(ao)1926MUSChineseSCIENCE: physicist T ( sung ) -D ( ao ) (tsu藧艐 da蕣). born 1926, US physicist, born in China. With Yang he disproved the principle that that parity is always conserved and shared the Nobel prize for physics in 1957
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of lee1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of lee1
Idioms and Phrases
- by the lee, Nautical. accidentally against what should be the lee side of a sail:
Careless steering brought the wind by the lee.
- under the lee, Nautical. to leeward.
Example Sentences
Finally, he drew up in the lee of a large berg and shouted to Worsley to go back and help the other boat.
Plug settled himself in the lee of the house, out of the wind.
鈥淣o. A storm drove me on a lee shore, and I lost my anchor to windward.鈥
Winds also lift over and through crenulated ridgelines and careen downhill, accelerating with gravity on the lee sides of mountains, which is the side facing the ocean and densely populated coastal Southern California.
The winds developed as a strong low pressure zone intensified in the lee of Rocky Mountains.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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