Word forms: plural leaves, 3rd person singular present tense leafs, present participle leafing, past tense, past participle leafed
1N-COUNT [usually plural, oft in/intoN]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. 树叶;叶子
In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen. [+ of]
花园里,七叶树已经落叶了。
The Japanese maple that stands across the drive had just come into leaf.
4PHRASE 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. 师法;效法;以(某人)为榜样
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。
5PHRASE 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. 重新开始;洗心革面;改过自新
He realized he was in the wrong and promised to turn over a new leaf.
6PHRASE [VERB inflects](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. (因寒冷、恐惧等)浑身发抖,抖如落叶
I didn't think about the danger at the time. Afterwards I was shaking like a leaf.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + LEAF | LEAF + VERB | LEAF + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤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 (especiallytechnical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。