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  • Conjugation : pl  leaves
  • Derivatives : adj  leafless ; adj  leaflike
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

leaf [liːf]
  1. 1. noun [of tree] [ plant]
  2. 2. noun [of table] 活动桌板
    to turn over a new leaf
    翻开新的篇章
    to take a leaf out of sb's book
    模仿某人

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

leaf [liːf]
  1. 1. n.[c] 叶子
  2. 2. n.[c] 书面打印材料的页
  3. 3. n.[c] 活动面板
  4. 4. n.[u] 金属薄片,箔
  5. 5. vt. 快速翻阅浏览
    She leafed through the volume.
    她把这本书翻阅了一遍。
  6. 6. vi. 翻页
  7. 7. vi. 长出叶子

Collins English-English Dictionary

leaf [liːf]
  1. 1. n the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants, usually consisting of a flat green blade attached to the stem directly or by a stalk
  2. 2. n foliage collectively
  3. 3. n one of the sheets of paper in a book
  4. 4. n a hinged, sliding, or detachable part, such as an extension to a table
  5. 5. n metal in the form of a very thin flexible sheet
    gold leaf
  6. 6. n a foil or thin strip of metal in a composite material; lamina
  7. 7. n short for leaf spring
  8. 8. n the inner or outer wall of a cavity wall
  9. 9. n a crop that is harvested in the form of leaves
  10. 10. n a metal strip forming one of the laminations in a leaf spring
  11. 11. n a slang word for marijuana
  12. 12. vb [when intr, usually foll by through] to turn (through pages, sheets, etc) cursorily
  13. 13. vi. [intr] (of plants) to produce leaves
  14. 14. vi. [Etymology] Old English; related to Gothic laufs, Icelandic lauf

Examples

an acuminate leaf
一片渐尖的叶子
cordate leaf
心形叶
covered with gold leaf
包以金箔
a loose-leaf notebook
活页本
an obverse leaf
钝头形的叶
a plicate leaf
具褶叶
The Canadian flag is a red maple leaf.
加拿大国旗上有一片红色枫叶。

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