lee
[li:]
n. 背, , , 护, 庇护

a. , 背, , 护

[] 庇护, 护, 庇护



lee
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1. United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)

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2. United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)

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3. United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)

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4. United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)

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5. leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)

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6. soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)

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7. American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)

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8. the side of something that is sheltered from the wind

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[ adj ]

1. towards the side away from the wind

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Lee \Lee\ (l[=e]), v. i.,
To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


Lee \Lee\, n.; pl. {Lees} (l[=e]z). [F. lie, perh. fr. L. levare
to lift up, raise. Cf. {Lever}.]
That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor
(esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
[Lees occurs also as a form of the singular.] ``The lees of
wine.'' --Holland.

A thousand demons lurk within the lee. --Young.

The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees
Is left this vault to brag of. --Shak.


Lee \Lee\, n. [OE. lee shelter, Icel. hl[=e], akin to AS.
hle['o], hle['o]w, shelter, protection, OS. hl[`e]o, D. lij
lee, Sw. l["a], Dan. l[ae].]
1. A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind
by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter;
protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a
ship.

We lurked under lee. --Morte
d'Arthure.

Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. --Tyndall.

2. (Naut.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on
shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See {Lee}, a.

{By the lee}, {To bring by the lee}. See under {By}, and
{Bring}.

{Under the lee of}, on that side which is sheltered from the
wind; as, to be under the lee of a ship.


Lee \Lee\, a. (Naut.)
Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against
which the wind blows; -- opposed to {weather}; as, the lee
side or lee rail of a vessel.

{Lee gauge}. See {Gauge}, n. (Naut.)

{Lee shore}, the shore on the lee side of a vessel.

{Lee tide}, a tide running in the same direction that the
wind blows.

{On the lee beam}, directly to the leeward; in a line at
right angles to the length of the vessel and to the
leeward.