leader
n
1 person or thing that leads 領導者; 領袖; 首領; 指揮者; 起引導作用的事物
the leader of an expedition, a gang, the Opposition, etc 考察隊領隊、 團伙頭目、 反對黨領袖等
He is well up with the leaders (ie the leading competitors) at the half-way stage of the race. 比賽進行到一半時他已和最先的幾名賽者并駕齊驅了.
2 (music 音) (US `concert-master) principal first violinist of an orchestra (管弦樂隊中的)首席小提琴手.
3 (law 律) principal counsel in a court case 居主導地位的訟務律師.
4 = leading article (leading).
5 blank strip at the beginning of a tape, film, etc used to help when threading into a machine (磁帶、 膠卷等前端的)空白段.
6 (botany 植) long thin shoot growing from a stem or branch, esp of fruit trees, usu cut back in pruning (莖或枝上的)頂枝(尤指果樹的).