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BNC: 1823 COCA: 1559

leaf

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Related topics: Plants, Newspapers, printing, publishing
leaf1 /liːf/ ●●● S2 W2 noun (plural leaves /liːvz/)  
1  plant 植物 [countableC]HBP one of the flat green parts of a plant that are joined to its stem or branches 叶，叶子
 a flowering bush with large shiny leaves
叶子大而油亮的开花灌木
leaf of
 Add a few leaves of fresh basil to the salad.
在色拉中加入一些新鲜的罗勒叶。
be in leaf/come into leaf (=have or start growing leaves, at a particular time of year) 有叶子/开始长出叶子
 The forest was just coming into leaf.
森林里的树木刚开始长叶。
→4  See picture of 见图 ROSE 1 →5 see picture at 见图 tree
2  take a leaf out of somebody’s book IMITATEto copy the way someone else behaves because you want to be like them or be as successful as they are 学某人的样，以某人为榜样
 They are committing $3m to research. We could take a leaf out of their book.
他们要投入300万美元搞研究，我们也可以仿效他们。
3  turn over a new leaf BEHAVEto change the way you behave and become a better person 翻开新的一页；改过自新；重新做人
 I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf.
我把当父亲看作翻开生命新一页的一个机会。
Examples from the Corpus
turn over a new leaf• Monnett agrees too, so much that he has turned over a new leaf.• There is no indication that Hollywood is turning over a new leaf, free of bloodstains.• I know I've done some bad things in the past, but now I'm turning over a new leaf.• Like all fathers, I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf.• After being released from jail, Tony decided to turn over a new leaf.• Faldo, perhaps above all, will be hoping to turn over a new leaf.• We urge them to turn over a new leaf.
4  page 页 [countableC] formalTCN a page of a book 纸页，书页
 He slipped the letter between the leaves of his notebook.
他把信悄悄塞进他的笔记本里。
→ loose-leaf, overleaf
5. part of table 桌子的一部分 [countableC]DCJ a part of the top of a table that can be taken out to make the table smaller 活动桌板
→ shake like a leaf at shake1(2)
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
the leaves turn red/brown etc (=become red, brown etc)
The maple leaves had turned a fiery red.
the leaves fall
All the leaves had fallen off the tree.
a tree loses/sheds its leaves (=the leaves come off the tree)
Most trees shed their leaves in the autumn.
sweep (up) the leaves (=tidy away fallen leaves using a brush)
Jack was sweeping leaves in the back garden.
 ADJECTIVES/NOUN + leaf
a green/brown/yellow etc leaf
the deep green leaves of the coconut trees
a dead leaf
The ground beneath the tree was covered in dead leaves.
fallen leaves (=that have fallen off the trees)
The children were jumping in piles of fallen leaves.
autumn leaves (also fall leaves American EnglishAmE) (=leaves that have changed colour or fallen in autumn)
I love the colours of the autumn leaves.
an oak/vine/spinach etc leaf (=a leaf from a specific plant or tree)
Vine leaves stuffed with rice is a typical Greek dish.
phrases
be in leaf especially literary (=have leaves)
By this time, most of the trees were in leaf.
come into leaf (=start having leaves)
The apple tree had finally come into leaf.
Examples from the Corpus
leaf• Experts disagree on the best way of preserving the medicinal strength of its roots and leaves.• Every leaf was picked out in golden radiance.• And did I not, at fifty, put out a whole new crop of leaves myself?• Turn the leaf over and use a sharp knife to cut each of the main veins on the leaf.• When the leaves being to fall, it's time to think about the Section 9's and the Section 10's.• the leaves of a maple tree• The leaves are evergreen or semi-evergreen since they can be heavily defoliated in severe winters.• When the rain passed, the limbs of the wet trees were darker and their leaves were greener.
leaf2 verb  
1 leaf through something phrasal verbphr v to turn the pages of a book quickly, without reading it properly 匆匆翻阅 SYN skim through
 She picked up the magazine and leafed through it.
她拿起杂志快速翻阅。
Examples from the Corpus
leaf through • He leafed through a pile of documents until he found a sheet of paper torn from an exercise book.• Instead an intelligence officer had ploughed through Mills' personal effects and leafed through a random selection of files.• But just the simple act of leafing through and talking about a book can help.• Grabbing the phone book, he leafed through, looking for the number of the nursing home.• And leafing through the book, I read the page numbers out loud, too.• Instead she leafed through the brochures over a good solid breakfast, then got dressed and went to church.• I leaf through the pages again that night.• Cornelius leafed through the remaining pages.
Examples from the Corpus
leaf• Nigel leafed through a few large-print Agatha Christies but was put off by the noxious inexplicable stains on the pages.• He leafed through a pile of documents until he found a sheet of paper torn from an exercise book.• But just the simple act of leafing through and talking about a book can help.• He leafed through his papers, then, with a glance at Sonny, raised his eyebrows expectantly.• I leaf through the pages again that night.
Origin leaf1
Old English
leaf1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1leaf2 verb
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BNC: 1823 COCA: 1559
leaf

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + LEAF | LEAF + VERB | LEAF + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤new, young新葉；嫩葉▸➤autumn, fall (NAmE) 秋葉▸➤dead, dry, fallen, falling, rotting枯葉；乾葉；落葉；飄落的葉子；腐葉◇The ground was thick with dead leaves.地上積了厚厚的枯葉。➤broad (especially technical術語) , heart-shaped, oval闊葉；心形葉；卵形葉◇broad-leaf plants闊葉植物➤green, yellow, etc.綠葉、黃葉等▸➤glossy, hairy, leathery, shiny, variegated光滑的／長茸毛的／堅韌的／光亮的／雜色的葉子▸➤bay, lettuce, maple, oak, tea, etc.月桂葉、萵苣葉、楓葉、橡樹葉、茶葉等◇Stop trying to read tea leaves (= predict the future).別再試圖預測未來了。VERB + LEAF➤have有葉子◇This plant has beautifully variegated leaves.這種植物的葉子色彩斑斕，非常漂亮。➤come into, grow, produce, put out, sprout長出葉子；冒出葉子◇It was spring and the trees were coming into leaf.春天來了，樹木發芽了。◇In the spring the plant began to put out new leaves.春天這株植物開始長出新葉。➤shed落葉◇Deciduous trees shed their leaves annually.落葉樹木每年都落葉。➤pick, pluck摘下／扯下葉子◇He picked a leaf from the basil plant and started to chew it.他摘下一片羅勒葉子嚼了起來。➤rake耙攏葉子◇The boys helped by raking the leaves in the yard.男孩們幫忙把院裏的樹葉耙攏起來。LEAF + VERB➤appear, emerge葉子長出◇Spring arrived and the first green leaves began to appear.春天到了，第一批綠葉開始長出來了。➤grow葉子生長▸➤turn, yellow葉子變黃◇The summer was over and the leaves were beginning to turn.夏季過去了，葉子開始變黃。➤drop, fall葉子掉落／落下➤blow葉子隨風而動◇dry leaves blowing in the wind在風中舞動的枯葉➤rustle葉子沙沙作響◇The leaves rustled in the light breeze.樹葉在微風中沙沙作響。LEAF + NOUN➤litter, mould/mold落葉層；腐葉土◇the leaf litter on the forest floor森林的落葉層PHRASES➤in full leaf枝繁葉茂◇The corn was already ripening and the trees in full leaf.玉米已經成熟，樹木也已枝繁葉茂。
BNC: 1823 COCA: 1559
BNC: 1823 COCA: 1559
leaf
Parts of plants: aerial root, anther, beanstalk...
Parts of trees: bark, blossom, bole...
Parts of books: acknowledgments, addendum, afterword...
Parts of pieces of furniture: caster, castor, drawer...
Metalworking and forms of metal: anvil, bar, beat...
To read something quickly: glance, skim, flick through...

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