leather sb
此义指用皮带或皮条抽打某人，宾语通常是人，多用于口语。
The angry farmer leathered the boy with his belt.
愤怒的农夫用皮带抽打那个男孩。
用皮革覆盖；给……包上皮革；用力打；猛击；形成皮革状表面；用皮革覆盖
to whip or beat with a leather belt or strap
用皮革覆盖
To cover with leather.
形成皮革状表面
To form a leathery surface (on).
用皮带抽打
whip with a leather strap
用力打击
To strike forcefully.
用皮带或皮条打
To spank or beat with a leather belt or strap.
一般现在时
They leather the chairs in the library.
他们给图书馆的椅子蒙上皮革。
past
The rider leathered the horse to make it go faster.
骑手用皮鞭抽打马匹，让它跑得更快。
现在进行时
The workers are leathering the seats.
工人们正在给座椅蒙上皮革。
动词释义：给…蒙上皮革；用皮带抽打。规则变化。
The bookbinder leathered the spine to protect it.
装订工用皮革包裹书脊以保护它。
用法提示：leathered是leather的过去式，此处作动词，表示“用皮革覆盖”。
The artisan is leathering the wooden case to give it a classic look.
工匠正在给木盒包上皮革，让它看起来更经典。
用法提示：is leathering是现在进行时，leather作动词，表示“给……包上皮革”。
She leathers each notebook cover in her studio.
她在自己的工作室给每一本笔记本的封面包上皮革。
用法提示：leathers是第三人称单数形式，这里作动词，表示“用皮革覆盖”。
此义指用皮带或皮条抽打某人，宾语通常是人，多用于口语。
The angry farmer leathered the boy with his belt.
愤怒的农夫用皮带抽打那个男孩。
表示用力击打或猛踢某物，常后接 into 或 at 引出方向，多见于英式口语和球类语境。
He leathered the ball into the net.
他用力把球轰进网窝。
表示“用皮革覆盖”，多以被动形式出现，用 with 引出所用材料。
The chest was leathered with thick cowhide.
箱子上包着一层厚厚的牛皮。
不及物用法，指皮肤或表面变得像皮革一样坚硬粗糙。
His hands leathered after years of farm work.
多年的农活让他的双手变得像皮革一样坚硬粗糙。
grammar · medium
易错句子The driver leathered at the horse.
正确表达The driver leathered the horse.
leather 作动词表示“抽打/击打”时是及物动词，后面直接跟受事宾语，不能像 laugh at 那样加 at。去掉 at 后，the horse 成为 leathered 的直接宾语，句子才符合及物动词的及物性要求。
grammar · medium
易错句子The prisoner was leathered by a leather strap.
正确表达The prisoner was leathered with a leather strap.
英语被动语态中，by 引出动作的执行者，with 引出工具或材料。这里 a leather strap 是抽打用的工具，不是执行者，所以要用 with；用 by 会误把皮条当成施动者。
grammar · medium
易错句子His skin leathered by the sun.
正确表达His skin was leathered by the sun.
英语被动语态必须用 be + 过去分词；leather 的过去分词是 leathered，单独用过去分词不能构成被动。加上 was 后，His skin 是受事，was leathered 表示“被晒成皮革状/变粗糙”，by the sun 引出施动者。
大力踢（或击）球
He leathered the ball into the top corner from 25 yards.
他从25码外大力把球轰入球门死角。
把某人狠揍一顿
The bully threatened to give him a leathering after school.
那个恶霸威胁放学后要狠狠揍他一顿。
用皮带抽打某人
The guard leathered the prisoner with a strap.
那个狱警用皮带抽打囚犯。
发短 /ɛ/ 音 (如 head, bread)
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