
n.頁;葉;金屬薄片
v.長葉;翻頁
I saw him take a leaf out of the book. 我看見他從書上撕下一頁。
Not a leaf nor an insect stirred. 不單是樹葉,連個蟲子都不動。
This plant has green leaves throughout the year. 這種植物終年常青。
There was a layer of silver leaf outside the metal. 金屬外邊有一層銀薄膜。
用作動詞 (v.)leaf的基本意思是“樹葉”,指生長于植物的枝杈之上的植物的一部分;也可指書本的一“頁”或桌子的“折面或活面”。leaf還可指一種特殊的“金屬薄片,金箔”。
leaves作“樹葉”解時,其后可接on來表示“在樹上的葉子”,而不接of。
come into leaf和in leaf中的leaf都用單數(shù)形式。
leaf偶爾也可用作動詞,與together連用,表示“匆匆閱讀”。例如:Waiting to see the doctor,Jim was too nervous to read properly, so he just leafed through some old magazines that were kept in the waiting room.吉姆在等醫(yī)生看病時,緊張得無法看書,所以只是翻翻放在候診室的幾本舊雜志。
adj.無葉的
adj.葉茂盛的;多葉的;葉狀的
n.[植]葉柄