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Leaves Leaf Phrase Shaking N Count Book 例:He Behave

单词 leaf
音标
英[li:f] 美[lif]
解释
n.叶子;页;叶状的结构;金属薄片;vt.& vi.翻书(报);vi.生叶;
例句

N-COUNT
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.
例:In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen...花园里,七叶树已经落叶了。
例: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。

N-COUNT
(书)页
A leaf is one of the pieces of paper of which a book is made.
例:He flattened the wrappers and put them between the leaves of his book.他把包装纸压平,夹在书里。

PHRASE
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.
例: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。

PHRASE
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.
例: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。

PHRASE
(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.
例: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。
变形
third:leaves~done:leafed~pl:leaves~ing:leafing~past:leafed~

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