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- leaf [lɪf] [lɪːf]
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- 1. noun 叶
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2.
noun
通常指叫片
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3.
noun
通常指花瓣
- 4. noun [总称]叶子
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5.
noun
[architecture]
叶饰
- 6. noun （纸的）一张；尤指书的一张（即正反两页）
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7.
noun
极薄的金属片
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8.
noun
[总称]箔
- covered with gold leaf
- 包以金箔
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9.
noun
（撑起来可以加宽桌面的）活动桌板
- 10. noun （插入可加宽桌面的）木板
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11.
noun
（门窗等的）页扇
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12.
noun
[American English]
簧片
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13.
noun
[slang]
可卡因（有时与the连用，可卡因是从可可的叶子中萃取的）
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14.
vi.
长出叶；带叶（常与out连用）
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15.
vi.
翻（书等的）页；尤指快速翻阅或浏览（与through连用）
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16.
vt.
翻（书的）页
Collins English-English Dictionary
- leaf [liːf]
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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
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2.
n
foliage collectively
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3.
n
one of the sheets of paper in a book
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4.
n
a hinged, sliding, or detachable part, such as an extension to a table
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5.
n
metal in the form of a very thin flexible sheet
- gold leaf
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6.
n
a foil or thin strip of metal in a composite material; lamina
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7.
n
short for leaf spring
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8.
n
the inner or outer wall of a cavity wall
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9.
n
a crop that is harvested in the form of leaves
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10.
n
a metal strip forming one of the laminations in a leaf spring
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11.
n
a slang word for marijuana
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12.
vb
[
when intr,usually foll by through] to turn (through pages, sheets, etc) cursorily -
13.
vi.
[intr]
(of plants) to produce leaves
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14.
vi.
[Etymology]
Old English; related to Gothic laufs, Icelandic lauf
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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
Examples
- an acuminate leaf
- 一片渐尖的叶子 → acuminate
- cordate leaf
- 心形叶 → cordate
- choice tobacco leaf
- 精选的烟叶；上等烟叶 → leaf
- covered with gold leaf
- 包以金箔 → leaf
- a loose-leaf notebook
- 活页本 → loose-leaf
- an obverse leaf
- 钝头形的叶 → obverse
- a plicate leaf
- 具褶叶 → plicate
- not a leaf stir red
- 片叶未动 → stir
- The Canadian flag is a red maple leaf.
- 加拿大国旗上有一片红色枫叶。 → Canadian
- You can tear a leaf of paper out of my notebook.
- 你可以从我的笔记本中撕下一页纸。 → leaf
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