資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Leading \Lead"ing\, a.
Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading
motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- {Lead"ing*ly},
adv.
{Leading case} (Law), a reported decision which has come to
be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
--Abbott.
{Leading motive} [a translation of G. leitmotif] (Mus.), a
guiding theme; in the modern music drama of Wagner, a
marked melodic phrase or short passage which always
accompanies the reappearance of a certain person,
situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the
play; a sort of musical label.
{Leading note} (Mus.), the seventh note or tone in the
ascending major scale; the sensible note.
{Leading question}, a question so framed as to guide the
person questioned in making his reply.
{Leading strings}, strings by which children are supported
when beginning to walk.
{To be in leading strings}, to be in a state of infancy or
dependence, or under the guidance of others.
{Leading wheel}, a wheel situated before the driving wheels
of a locomotive engine.