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。

The falling leaf spiralled to the ground. 落葉盤旋著飄到了地上。

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。

The trees are just beginning to leaf. 樹剛剛開始長葉子。

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。

n.[植]葉柄