leaf
pronunciation
UK [liːf]
US [liːf]
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- n.
- 叶子
- 页
- 叶状的结构
- 金属薄片
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- vt.& vi.
- 翻书（报）
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- vi.
- 生叶
Word Origin
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.
Example
- 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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