leaf

/liːf/ n.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

叶子；纸张；书页

释义与例句

n. 叶子
one of the flat green parts that grow from the stem or branch of a plant
  1. A single yellow leaf drifted down onto the path.
    一片黄叶飘落到小路上。
  2. The leaves of the tomato plants had turned brown at the edges.
    番茄植株的叶子边缘已经变褐了。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. She swept the fallen leaves into a pile by the gate.
    她把落叶扫成堆，堆在大门旁。
n. 纸张；书页
a sheet of paper in a book, or a page of a book
  1. Several leaves at the front of the old book were missing.
    这本旧书前面的好几页已经缺失。
  2. She wrote her name on a blank leaf at the back of the diary.
    她在日记本后面的一页空白纸上写下了自己的名字。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. He tore a leaf from his notebook to leave a message.
    他从笔记本上撕下一页纸留了张便条。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 leaf 复数为 leaves（f 变 v 加 -es），读 /liːf/，别与动词 leave /liːv/ 混淆。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • leafy 多叶的；枝叶茂盛的
    形容词，如 a leafy street 指两旁绿树成荫的街道
  • leaflet 传单；小叶
    由 leaf 加指小后缀 -let 构成，日常多指散发的印刷传单
易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • leave 离开；留下
    leaf /liːf/ 是名词“叶子”，复数 leaves；leave /liːv/ 是动词“离开、留下”，结尾为浊辅音 /v/。正误对比：✓ Don't leave the leaves on the lawn.（别把叶子留在草坪上）；✗ Don't leaf the leaves on the lawn.（leaf 不作“留下”讲）
    Please leave your keys at the front desk before you go. 走之前请把钥匙留在前台。
  • page 页（书页的一面）
    leaf 指书的一“张”，有正反两面；page 指其中一面。正误对比：✓ turn the page（翻页）；✗ turn the leaf 在现代英语中不用于“翻页”。
    The picture is printed on page twelve of the guidebook. 图片印在指南第十二页上。
常见搭配
  • fallen leaves 落叶
    Children were jumping in the fallen leaves under the trees. 孩子们在树下的落叶里蹦跳。
  • a new leaf 新的一页；改过自新
    After the warning, he promised to turn over a new leaf. 受到警告后，他保证要改过自新。
  • leaf through 翻阅；快速翻看
    He likes to leaf through old photo albums on rainy days. 他喜欢在雨天翻看旧相册。