leaf

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  • n.
    叶子
    叶状的结构
    金属薄片
  • vt.& vi.
    翻书(报)
  • vi.
    生叶

单词词源

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.

双语例句

1. Nissan took the wraps off its leaf electric car .
尼桑向外界揭开了新款leaf叶子电动车的幕布。
2. Outside , leaf shadows twist and fall like embers .
外面,树叶的阴影扭曲着下降,像余烬一般。
3. A garlic leaf : this isn 't just decoration .
一片蒜叶:这片蒜叶可不仅仅是装饰。
4. But that fig leaf has since blown away .
但是那片遮羞布被吹走了。
5. The fact is few really believed the investment banking sector 's claims of a new leaf having been turned over .
事实上,几乎没有人真的相信投行业的说法:即新的一页已被翻开。

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