leaf

英 [liːf]

美 [liːf]

n.  叶; 叶片; 叶子; 有…状叶的; 有…片叶的; (纸)页，张; (尤指书的)页
v.  翻…的页，匆匆翻阅

复数：leaves　现在分词：leafing　过去式：leafed　第三人称单数：leafs　过去分词：leafed　

中考高考CET4CET6考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1823 / COCA.1559

短语动词

短语用例

leaf through sth

• 匆匆翻阅；浏览
  to quickly turn over the pages of a book, etc. without reading them or looking at them carefully
  1. lettuce/cabbage/oak leaves
     莴苣 / 卷心菜 / 橡树叶
  2. The trees are just coming into leaf .
     树木正好在长叶子。
  3. the dead leaves of autumn/the fall
     秋天的枯叶

习惯用语

n.

take a leaf from/out of sb's book
• 效仿，模仿（成功之人的举止和行为）
  to copy sb's behaviour and do things in the same way that they do, because they are successful
turn over a new leaf
• 改恶从善；重新做人
  to change your way of life to become a better, more responsible person

牛津词典

noun

• 叶；叶片；叶子
  a flat green part of a plant, growing from a stem or branch or from the root
  1. lettuce/cabbage/oak leaves
     莴苣 / 卷心菜 / 橡树叶
  2. The trees are just coming into leaf .
     树木正好在长叶子。
  3. the dead leaves of autumn/the fall
     秋天的枯叶
• 有…状叶的；有…片叶的
  having leaves of the type or number mentioned
  1. a four-leaf clover
     四叶车轴草
  2. a broad-leaved plant
     阔叶植物
• （纸）页，张；（尤指书的）页
  a sheet of paper, especially a page in a book
• 薄金属片；（尤指金或银）箔
  metal, especially gold or silver, in the form of very thin sheets
  1. gold leaf
     金箔
• 活动桌板；折叠桌板
  a part of a table that can be lifted up or pulled into position in order to make the table bigger

verb

verb

柯林斯词典

• See also:In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen...The Japanese maple that stands across the drive had just come into leaf.-leaved
• N-COUNT （书）页
  Aleafis one of the pieces of paper of which a book is made.
  1. He flattened the wrappers and put them between the leaves of his book.
     他把包装纸压平，夹在书里。
• PHRASE 师法；效法；以（某人）为榜样
  If youtake a leaf fromsomeone'sbookyou behave in the same way as them because you want to be like that person or as successful as they are.
  1. Maybe we should take a leaf out of Branson's book. It's easy to see how he became a billionaire...
     也许我们应该效法布兰森。我们都不难看出他是怎样成为亿万富翁的。
• PHRASE 重新开始；洗心革面；改过自新
  If you say that you are going toturn over a new leaf, you mean that you are going to start to behave in a better or more acceptable way.
  1. He realized he was in the wrong and promised to turn over a new leaf.
     他认识到自己错了，答应改过自新。
• PHRASE （因寒冷、恐惧等）浑身发抖，抖如落叶
  If you say that someoneis shaking like a leaf, you mean that their body is shaking a lot, for instance because they are very cold or frightened.
  1. I didn't think about the danger at the time. Afterwards I was shaking like a leaf.
     我那时候没想到有危险，事后我吓得直发抖。

英英释义

noun

• hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
• a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
  Synonym:folio
• the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
  Synonym:leafagefoliage

verb

• produce leaves, of plants
• turn over pages
  1. leaf through a book
  2. leaf a manuscript
• look through a book or other written material
  1. He thumbed through the report
  2. She leafed through the volume
  Synonym:flickflipthumbriffleriff

双语例句

• A leaf of a boat drifts along with the waves.
  一叶扁舟在随波浮漾。
• The dry seeds ruptures and the green leaf uncurls.
  干燥的种子裂开了，绿色的叶子舒展开来了。
• In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen
  花园里，七叶树已经落叶了。
• A leaf fell from the tree.
  一片叶子从树上落了下来。
• Maybe we should take a leaf out of Branson's book. It's easy to see how he became a billionaire
  也许我们应该效法布兰森。我们都不难看出他是怎样成为亿万富翁的。
• One leaf is missing from this book.
  这本书缺了一篇儿。
• The trees were already in leaf.
  这些树已经长出了树叶。
• It's lost its prey under the leaf.
  它丢掉了猎物在叶子之下。
• This deal is little more than a fig leaf for the continued destruction of the landscape.
  这项协议不过是块遮羞布而已，用来掩盖对自然景观的持续破坏。
• I didn't think about the danger at the time. Afterwards I was shaking like a leaf.
  我那时候没想到有危险，事后我吓得直发抖。