leather: [OE] The Indo-European ancestor of leather was *letrom. It has descendants in two branches of the Indo-European language family: in Celtic, Welsh lledr, Irish leathar, and Breton ler; and in Germanic, German leder, Dutch leer, Swedish l?der, Danish l?der, and English leather.
leather (n.)
Old English leeer (in compounds only) "hide, skin, leather," from Proto-Germanic *lethran (cognates: Old Norse leer, Old Frisian lether, Old Saxon lethar, Middle Dutch, Dutch leder, Old High German ledar, German leder), from PIE *letro- "leather" (cognates: Old Irish lethar, Welsh lledr, Breton lezr). As an adjective from early 14c.; it acquired a secondary sense of "sado-masochistic" 1980s, having achieved that status in homosexual jargon in the 1970s.
例文
1. Leather jeans that are too big will make you look larger.
だぶだぶのパンツは体が大きく見えます。
2.He drummed his fingers on the leather top of his desk.
彼は指で自分の革のテーブルを連続的にたたいた。
3.When selection boots，fine，quality leather will be a wise investment.
ブーツを選ぶときは、上質な良いブーツを買うのが賢明です。
4.He pulled the zip of his leather jacket down slightly.
彼は革ジャンクションのファスナーを少し下に引いた。
5.His captors had put a gag of thick leather in his mouth.