leaf
英 [liːf]
美[lif]
- n. 叶子;(书籍等的)一张;扇页
- vi. 生叶;翻书页
- vt. 翻…的页,匆匆翻阅
- n. (Leaf)人名;(英)利夫
词态变化
复数: leaves;
中文词源
leaf 叶子,书页
来自PIE*leup,剥开,撕下,词源同library,lodge.引申词义撕下的叶子,用以书写的页片。可能进一步来自PIE*skel,切,撕,词源同shell,scale.词义演变比较corium,carnal.
英英释意
- 1. the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
- 2. a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
- 3. hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
英文词源
- leaf
- leaf: [OE] Leaf goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *laubaz, which also produced words for ‘foliage’ in other modern Germanic languages (German laub, Dutch loof, Swedish löf, and Danish løv). It is not known for certain where the Germanic word came from, although a connection has been suggested with Russian lupit’ ‘bark’. It may also lie behind the modern English words lobby and lodge.
=> lobby, lodge - leaf (n.)
- Old English leaf "leaf of a plant; page of a book," from Proto-Germanic *laubaz (cognates: Old Saxon lof, Old Norse lauf, Old Frisian laf, Dutch loof, Old High German loub, German Laub "foliage, leaves," Gothic lauf), perhaps from PIE *leup- "to peel off, break off" (cognates: Lithuanian luobas, Old Church Slavonic lubu "bark, rind"). Extended 15c. to very thin sheets of metal (especially gold). Meaning "hinged flap on the side of a table" is from 1550s.
- leaf (v.)
- "to turn over (the pages of a book)," 1660s, from leaf (n.). The notion of a book page also is in the phrase to turn over a (new) leaf (1570s). Related: Leafed; leaved; leafing.
考试真题
- Kenya are gathering the tea leaves.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- Its leaves are purple and brown.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- If you spend a little time digging for the right part-time jobs, you’ll save yourself time when you find a job that leaves you with enough time to get your school work done, too.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- He says the market for the tea is unstable and he is often forced to sell his purple tea for the same price as green tea leaves.
出自-2016年12月听力原文
- They are deprived of chances to turn over a new leaf.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- Genuine criticism, the type that leaves a lasting mark on you as a writer, also leaves an existential imprint ( ' , 印记 ) on you as a person.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文
- At the time, coca leaf extract mixed with wine was a common tonic (滋补品), and Pemberton's sweet brew was a way to get around local laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol.
2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
- The "coca" in the name referred to the extracts of coca leaf that the drink's originator, chemist John Pemberton, mixed with his sugary syrup 浆果.
2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
- The insect, also known as the tomato leaf miner, devastates crops by feeding on fruits and digging into and moving through stalks.
2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
- In most of the homeless gardens of New York City the actual cultivation of plants is unfeasible, yet even so the compositions often seem to represent attempts to call arrangement of materials, an institution of colors, small pool of water, and a frequent presence of petals or leaves as well as of stuffed animals.
出自-2013年考研翻译原文
- This leaves today’s average law-school graduate with $100, 000 of debt on top of undergraduate debts.
出自-2014年考研阅读原文
- It is like the immune system of the body, which under stress or through lack of nutrition or exercise can be weakened, but which never leaves us.
出自-2016年考研翻译原文
词组搭配
shake (或 tremble) like a leaf
(of a person) tremble greatly, especially from fear
(人)(尤指因恐惧)发抖
实用场景例句
- lettuce/cabbage/oak leaves
- 莴苣 / 卷心菜 / 橡树叶
牛津词典
- The trees are just coming into leaf .
- 树木正好在长叶子。
牛津词典
- the dead leaves of autumn/the fall
- 秋天的枯叶
牛津词典
- a four-leaf clover
- 四叶车轴草
牛津词典
- a broad-leaved plant
- 阔叶植物
牛津词典
- gold leaf
- 金箔
牛津词典
- In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen...
- 花园里,七叶树已经落叶了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The Japanese maple that stands across the drive had just come into leaf.
- 车道对面那棵鸡爪枫刚吐新叶。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He flattened the wrappers and put them between the leaves of his book.
- 他把包装纸压平,夹在书里。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The darkness increased rather than diminished.
- 黑暗不仅没有消散,反而格外浓重了.
辞典例句
- The leaf is oval in shape.
- 叶呈椭圆形.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The fall of one leaf is enough to tell coming of autumn.
- 一叶知秋.
《简明英汉词典》
- He pinched the leaf between his thumb and forefinger.
- 他将叶子捏在拇指和食指之间.
《简明英汉词典》
- The falling leaf spiralled to the ground.
- 落叶盘旋着飘到了地上.
《简明英汉词典》
- Cut the stem cleanly, just beneath a leaf joint.
- 把茎切整齐点, 正好切在叶根下.
《简明英汉词典》
- He saw a shiny green beetle on a leaf.
- 我看见树叶上有一只闪闪发光的绿色甲虫.
《简明英汉词典》
- He has been in jail several times, but recently he seems to have turned over a new leaf.
- 他坐过几次牢, 但近来似乎已改过自新.
《简明英汉词典》
- Why don't you take a leaf out of Anne's book and have your hair cut shorter?
- 你为什么不效法安妮,也把头发剪短些 呢 ?
《简明英汉词典》
- I love this time of year when all the trees are coming into leaf.
- 我喜欢一年中的这个时候,所有的树木都在长叶子.
《简明英汉词典》
- The plane trees have come into leaf.
- 这些梧桐树已经长出叶子了.
《简明英汉词典》
- European countries that took a leaf from American industry's book are now doing very well themselves.
- 模仿美国工业的欧洲国家现在经济很发达.
《简明英汉词典》
- These trees come into leaf in February.
- 这些树二月里长叶子.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- This sudden warmth is bringing all the trees into leaf.
- 天气突然变暖,所有的树都长出了叶子.
《简明英汉词典》