leaf
n. 葉子; 頁; 葉狀的結構; 金屬薄片
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.
In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen...
花園裡,七葉樹已經落葉了。
The Japanese maple that stands across the drive had just come into leaf.
車道對面那棵雞爪楓剛吐新葉。
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.
他把包裝紙壓平,夾在書裡。
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.
Maybe we should take a leaf out of Branson's book. It's easy to see how he became a billionaire...
也許我們應該效法布蘭森。我們都不難看出他是怎樣成為億萬富翁的。
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.
He realized he was in the wrong and promised to turn over a new leaf.
他認識到自己錯了,答應改過自新。
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.
I didn't think about the danger at the time. Afterwards I was shaking like a leaf.
我那時候沒想到有危險,事後我嚇得直髮抖。
1. the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
2. a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
3. hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)
1. look through a book or other written material;
2. turn over pages;
3. produce leaves, of plants
shake (或 tremble) like a leaf
(人)(尤指因恐懼)發抖
The leaf is oval in shape.
葉呈橢圓形.
The fall of one leaf is enough to tell coming of autumn.
一葉知秋.
He pinched the leaf between his thumb and forefinger.
他將葉子捏在拇指和食指之間.
The falling leaf spiralled to the ground.
落葉盤旋著飄到了地上.
Cut the stem cleanly, just beneath a leaf joint.
把莖切整齊點, 正好切在葉根下.