单词 | leaf |
释义 | leaf /li: f; lif/ n (pl leaves) /iuvz; livz/ 1 one of the parts (usu green and flat) growing from the side of a stem or branch or direct from the root of a tree, bush, plant, etc (collectively called foliage): 叶(集合用法作 foliage): sweep up dead leaves in autumn; 扫掉秋季的枯叶; (colloq) petal (as in rose-leaves) (俗)花瓣(如蔷薇花瓣)。→ the illus at flower, tree. 参看 flower, tree 之插图。 in ~, with the leaves grown: 长叶子: The trees will soon be in ~. 这些树不久就会真弃子。 com into ~, grow leaves: 长叶字: The trees come into ~ in spring. 树木在春至长叶子。,~ - bud n one from which leaves, not flowers, develop. 叶芽。' ~-mould n [U] soil composed chiefly of decaying leaves. 腐金上。 2 single sheet of paper forming two pages of a book. (K 籍的)一张(即两页)。 take a ~ out of sb's book, take him as a model. 模仿某人。 turn over a new ~, make a new and better start. 过新生活; 改过自新; 重新开始。 3 hinged or loose part of an extending table (used to make the table larger). 桌子的活边(支起可使桌子加大)。 4 [U] very thin sheet of metal, esp of gold or silver: (金、 银)箔: gold ~. 金箔。而 ~ through (a book, etc), turn over the pages quickly; glance through. 迅速翻阅(书页等); 浏览。 ~ kss adj having no leaves. 无叶的。 ~y (-ier, -iest) covered with leaves; having leaves; made by leaves: 覆有叶的; 生叶的; 叶做成的: a ~ shade. 树荫。 |
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