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a [adj] lea
lea 常用于诗歌或文学中，指草地或牧场。
The sheep grazed on a green lea.
羊群在一片绿色的草地上吃草。
草地
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草地
a unit of length of thread or yarn
The sheep grazed on a green lea.
羊群在一片绿色的草地上吃草。
开阔的田野、草地、牧场
An open field, meadow, pasture.
几种纱线的长度单位；亚麻为300码(275米),棉为120码(110米)
Any of several measures of yarn; for linen, 300 yards (275 m); for cotton, 120 yards (110 m).
由综线圈承载的一组经线
A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
I need to buy a lea of fine cotton yarn for my project.
我需要为我的项目买一里阿的细棉纱。
The weaver uses exactly ten leas of linen thread per yard of fabric.
织布工每码布料正好用完十里阿的亚麻线。
The student wound a lea of wool onto the bobbin.
学生将一里阿的羊毛线绕在梭芯上。
lea 常用于诗歌或文学中，指草地或牧场。
The sheep grazed on a green lea.
羊群在一片绿色的草地上吃草。
He walked across the lea to the forest edge.
他穿过草地走到森林边缘。
Not this
The sheep are grazing in the lea.
Use this
The sheep are grazing in the meadow.
此句中的'lea'被误用为'草地'的意思，但'lea'作为名词实际上是指纱线或线的长度单位，而非草地。正确表达草地的词应为'meadow'。
Not this
We hiked to the lea side of the hill.
Use this
We hiked to the lee side of the hill.
此句混淆了同音词'lea'（长度单位）和'lee'（背风处）。在表示背风侧时，应使用'lee'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
绿色的草地
The sheep grazed on the green lea.
羊在绿色的草地上吃草。
开满花的草地
Children played on the flowery lea.
孩子们在开满花的草地上玩耍。
草地牧场
The lea meadow was full of wildflowers.
那块草地牧场开满了野花。
一绞纱线
She wound a lea of yarn into a ball.
她把一绞纱线绕成团。
支数（纱线）
The lea count indicates the fineness of the yarn.
支数表示纱线的细度。
单绞
A single lea is a specific length of thread.
单绞是线的特定长度。
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想象一个叫李的人躺在草地上。
文学/正式; 常用于诗歌、文学、地名; 字词'lea'表示草地时，多用于文学、诗歌或地名中，在日常口语中较少使用。因此，建议在非正式场合谨慎使用。
Genuine rhymes: lee, flea, plea (all /liː/ or ending /liː/). Lookalikes like lead, leak, leaf share the 'ea' spelling but have different consonant endings, so they do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.