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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

leaf

英  [liːf]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • leaves

    1. [C 可数名词] 叶子

    The leaves of a tree or plant are the parts that are flat, thin, and usually green. Many trees and plants lose their leaves in the winter and grow new leaves in the spring.

    双语例句

    例：

    In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen.

    园子里的七叶树已经落叶了。

    例：

    The Japanese maple that stands across the drive had just come into leaf.

    那条大道两旁的日本枫树刚刚长出新叶。

    2. [C 可数名词] 一页

    A leaf is one of the pieces of paper of which a book is made.

    近义词

    page

    双语例句

    例：

    He flattened the wrappers and put them between the leaves of his book.

    他抚平了包装纸，把它们夹在了书页中间。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

  • leafs , leafing , leafed

    leaf through

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 翻阅

    If you leaf through something such as a book or magazine, you turn the pages without reading or looking at them very carefully.

    双语例句

    例：

    Most patients derive enjoyment from leafing through old picture albums.

    大部分病人能从翻阅旧相册中获得乐趣。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • turn over a new leaf

    1. 开始新的一页

    If you say that you are going to turn over a new leaf, you mean that you are going to start to behave in a better or more acceptable way.

    双语例句

    例：

    He realized he was in the wrong and promised to turn over a new leaf.

    他认识到自己错了，承诺要重新开始。

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