leaf
leaf 英 [li:f] 美 [lif]
n. 叶子；
进行时:leafing 过去式:leafed 过去分词:leafed 第三人称单数:leafs 名词复数:leaves
- A leaf is part of a plant that's usually green and attached to it by a stem or stalk. In the fall, the leaves of many trees turn various bright colors before falling to the ground. In the spring, trees grow new leaves. Ahhh, the circle of life.
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- n. 叶子；
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1. lettuce/cabbage/oak leaves
莴苣╱卷心菜╱橡树叶
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2. The trees are just coming into leaf.
树木正好在长叶子。
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3. the dead leaves of autumn/the fall
秋天的枯叶
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4. a broad-leaved plant
阔叶植物
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5. gold leaf
金箔
- leaf (n.) Old English leaf "leaf of a plant, foliage; page of a book, sheet of paper," from Proto-Germanic *laubaz (source also of Old Saxon lof, Old Norse lauf, Old Frisian laf, Dutch loof, Old High German loub, German Laub "foliage, leaves," Gothic laufs "leaf, foliage"), probably from PIE *leub(h)- "to peel off, strip or break off" ((source also of Old Irish luib, "herb," lub-gort "garden;" Albanian labë "rind, cork;" Lithuanian luba "plank, board;" Russian lob "forehead, brow," Czech leb "skull;" Lithuanian luobas "bast," Latvian luobas "peel," Russian lub "bast;" Old Norse lyf "medicinal herbs," Old English lybb "poison; magic").
- leaf (v.) "to turn over (the pages of a book)," 1660s, from leaf (n.). Meaning "put forth leaves or foliage" is from 1610s. Related: Leafed; leaved; leafing.
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