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  Leading \Lead"ing\, a.
     Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading
     motive; a leading man; a leading example. -- Lead"ing*ly,
     adv.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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 musical 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. Also called leitmotif or leitmotiv.
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

  Leitmotif \Leit"mo*tif"\, Leitmotiv
  \Leit"mo*tiv"\(l[imac]t"m[-o]*t[-e]f"), n. [G., leading motive.]
     1. (Mus.) a guiding theme; in Wagnerian opera, a marked
        melodic phrase or short musical 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. Also called Leading
        motive.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. a recurring theme in the activities of a person or group.
        [PJC]

  Leitmotif \Leit"mo*tif"\ (l[imac]t"m[-o]*t[-e]f"), n. [G.]
     (Mus.)
     See Leading motive, under Leading, a.

  leitmotif
       n : a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a
           person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) [syn: leitmotiv]

  leitmotif
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετ μουσική en) λάιτ μοτίβ

  leitmotif
     n.
     1 (lb en music) A melodic theme associated with a particular
  character, place, thing or idea in an opera.
     2 (lb en by extension) A recurring theme.

  leitmotif
     n.
     1 (lb en music) A melodic theme associated with a particular
  character, place, thing or idea in an opera.
     2 (lb en by extension) A recurring theme.

  leitmotif
     n.
     1 (lb en music) A melodic theme associated with a particular
  character, place, thing or idea in an opera.
     2 (lb en by extension) A recurring theme.

  leitmotif
     n.
     1 (lb en music) A melodic theme associated with a particular
  character, place, thing or idea in an opera.
     2 (lb en by extension) A recurring theme.

  leitmotif
     Englanti n.
     johtoaihe

  Leitmotif /lˈeɪtmətˌɪf/
  النزعة المتكررة

  leitmotif /lˈeɪtmətˌɪf/
   [hud] leitmotiv

  leitmotif /lˈeɪtmətˌɪf/
   [hud] příznačný motiv

  leitmotif /lˈeɪtmətˌɪf/
  Leitmotiv  [lit.]  [mus.]
     Synonym: leitmotiv
  

  leitmotif //ˈlaɪt.moʊˌtif// //ˈlaɪt.moʊˌtɪv// //ˈlaɪt.məʊˌtiːf// //ˈleɪt.moʊˌtif// 
  johtoaihe
  melodic theme in an opera

  leitmotif /lˈeɪtmətˌɪf/
  vezérmotívum

  leitmotif /liːitmoutiːf/
  Leitmotiv

  leitmotif //ˈlaɪt.moʊˌtif// //ˈlaɪt.moʊˌtɪv// //ˈlaɪt.məʊˌtiːf// //ˈleɪt.moʊˌtif// 
  ledmotiv
  melodic theme in an opera

  
/ˈɫaɪtmoʊˌtif/

     n. 主乐调;乐旨;主思想