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leaf n.页；叶；金属薄片v.长叶；翻页 (1) 我看见他从书上撕下一页。(2) 落叶盘旋著飘到了地上。(3) 不单是树叶，连个虫子都不动。(4) 这种植物终年常青。(5) 金属外边有一层银薄膜。(6) 树刚刚开始长叶子。 A plant's leaves are the organs that take part in photosynthesis, which brings it needed nutrients. From this botanical meaning comes another definition of leaf, "a sheet of printed paper or a page in a book." And when you leaf through a book, you turn its pages. You might also "tremble like a leaf," or shake with fear; or "turn over a new leaf," start a new part of your life with new resolutions or attitudes.

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英 [liːf] 美 [liːf] (1) I saw him take a leaf out of the book.(2) The falling leaf spiralled to the ground.(3) Not a leaf nor an insect stirred.(4) This plant has green leaves throughout the year.(5) There was a layer of silver leaf outside the metal.(6) The trees are just beginning to leaf. 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. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:-leaved；树叶；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.   [usu pl]In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen...花园里，七叶树已经落叶了。The Japanese maple that stands across the drive had just come into leaf.车道对面那棵鸡爪枫刚吐新叶。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（书）页 A leaf is one of the pieces of paper of which a book is made. He flattened the wrappers and put them between the leaves of his book.他把包装纸压平，夹在书里。3[PHRASE 短语]师法；效法；以（某人）为榜样 If you take a leaf from someone's book you behave in the same way as them because you want to be like that person or as successful as they are.   [V inflects]Maybe we should take a leaf out of Branson's book. It's easy to see how he became a billionaire...也许我们应该效法布兰森。我们都不难看出他是怎样成为亿万富翁的。4[PHRASE 短语]重新开始；洗心革面；改过自新 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.   [V inflects]He realized he was in the wrong and promised to turn over a new leaf.他认识到自己错了，答应改过自新。5[PHRASE 短语]（因寒冷、恐惧等）浑身发抖，抖如落叶 If you say that someone is shaking like a leaf, you mean that their body is shaking a lot, for instance because they are very cold or frightened.   [V inflects]I didn't think about the danger at the time. Afterwards I was shaking like a leaf.我那时候没想到有危险，事后我吓得直发抖。相关词组：leaf through

英语单词	leaf
英美音标	英 [liːf] 美 [liːf]
中文释义	n.页；叶；金属薄片 v.长叶；翻页
英语例句	(1) I saw him take a leaf out of the book. (2) The falling leaf spiralled to the ground. (3) Not a leaf nor an insect stirred. (4) This plant has green leaves throughout the year. (5) There was a layer of silver leaf outside the metal. (6) The trees are just beginning to leaf.
中文例句	(1) 我看见他从书上撕下一页。 (2) 落叶盘旋著飘到了地上。 (3) 不单是树叶，连个虫子都不动。 (4) 这种植物终年常青。 (5) 金属外边有一层银薄膜。 (6) 树刚刚开始长叶子。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	A plant's leaves are the organs that take part in photosynthesis, which brings it needed nutrients. From this botanical meaning comes another definition of leaf, "a sheet of printed paper or a page in a book." And when you leaf through a book, you turn its pages. You might also "tremble like a leaf," or shake with fear; or "turn over a new leaf," start a new part of your life with new resolutions or attitudes.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:-leaved ；树叶；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. [usu pl] In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen... 花园里，七叶树已经落叶了。 The Japanese maple that stands across the drive had just come into leaf. 车道对面那棵鸡爪枫刚吐新叶。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（书）页 A leaf is one of the pieces of paper of which a book is made. He flattened the wrappers and put them between the leaves of his book. 他把包装纸压平，夹在书里。 3 [PHRASE 短语]师法；效法；以（某人）为榜样 If you take a leaf from someone's book you behave in the same way as them because you want to be like that person or as successful as they are. [V inflects] Maybe we should take a leaf out of Branson's book. It's easy to see how he became a billionaire... 也许我们应该效法布兰森。我们都不难看出他是怎样成为亿万富翁的。 4 [PHRASE 短语]重新开始；洗心革面；改过自新 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. [V inflects] He realized he was in the wrong and promised to turn over a new leaf. 他认识到自己错了，答应改过自新。 5 [PHRASE 短语]（因寒冷、恐惧等）浑身发抖，抖如落叶 If you say that someone is shaking like a leaf, you mean that their body is shaking a lot, for instance because they are very cold or frightened. [V inflects] I didn't think about the danger at the time. Afterwards I was shaking like a leaf. 我那时候没想到有危险，事后我吓得直发抖。相关词组： leaf through

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