lead with• At Nightingale House, the packleads off with a copy of the AnnualReview, which is published each year.• Eckersley got a popup and two strikeouts in the ninth after Jermaine Dyeled off with a double.• He led off with a few jokes.
lead off (something)• Bruins coach Steve Kasper led off.• On the first floor, leading off a covered balcony, were the chambers of the fellows and scholars.• Ramirez led off, and Mussina needed 13 pitches to strike him out.• He retired the first 12 men he faced before David Justice led off the fifth with a double.• The other came after his walk to lead off the ninth with the score tied at seven.• Then he violently shoved her down the small flight of stairs that led off their bedroom to the bathroom.• Newman spotted the track leading off to the right and swung away from the main road.• Andy leads off up large, friableflakes, hairplastered to his head but now mercifully sheltered.
lead-off /ˈliːd ɒf $ -ɒːf/adjectiveadj [only before noun]American EnglishAmE
FIRSThappening or going first or before others 最先发生的,开头的
Examples from the Corpus
lead-off• Perez will be the lead-offbatter for the Pirates.
The French team led off with two quick goals in the first five minutes.
比赛刚开始五分钟法国队就先攻入两球。
lead something ↔ off
Hal led the evening off with some folk songs.
哈尔唱了几首民歌来开启晚会。
b)JOIN something TOGETHER lead off (something) if a road, room etc leads off a place, you can go directly from that place along that road, into that room etc 〔路、房间等〕连着,通向(某处)
lead off from something
He pointed down a street leading off from the square.
他沿从广场通出来的一条街指去。
a large room, with doors leading off it in all directions
lead with• At Nightingale House, the packleads off with a copy of the AnnualReview, which is published each year.• Eckersley got a popup and two strikeouts in the ninth after Jermaine Dyeled off with a double.• He led off with a few jokes.
lead off (something)• Bruins coach Steve Kasper led off.• On the first floor, leading off a covered balcony, were the chambers of the fellows and scholars.• Ramirez led off, and Mussina needed 13 pitches to strike him out.• He retired the first 12 men he faced before David Justice led off the fifth with a double.• The other came after his walk to lead off the ninth with the score tied at seven.• Then he violently shoved her down the small flight of stairs that led off their bedroom to the bathroom.• Newman spotted the track leading off to the right and swung away from the main road.• Andy leads off up large, friableflakes, hairplastered to his head but now mercifully sheltered.