单词详解

1. n.

A. 叶子[C] (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)

That tree is thick with leaves. 那棵树长着浓密的树叶。

B. (书籍等的) 一张，一页[C] (a sheet of any written or printed material)

He tore a leaf out of your notebook. 他从你的笔记本上扯下一页。

2. vt.

A. 匆匆翻阅 (look through a book or other written material)

My father was leafing a magazine. 我爸爸正在翻阅一本杂志。

3. vi.

A. 生叶片，长叶 (produce leaves)

The trees begin to leaf. 树开始长叶子。

B. 匆匆翻阅 (turn over pages)

相关词组

1. come into leaf (=put forth leaves)  长叶，发芽

As we know, the trees come into leaf in spring. 总所周知，树木在春天吐芽长叶。

2. in leaf  生叶子的，叶茂盛的

The trees will be in leaf soon. 那些树将很快长出叶子。

3. turn over a new leaf 翻开新的一页, 改过自新, 重新做人

He wants to turn over a new leaf. 他想洗心革面，重新做人。

4. leaf through 迅速翻阅

He leafed through the catalog but found nothing interesting.

他翻了翻目录，但是没看到什么有趣的东西。

5. take a leaf out of sb.'s book  模仿某人，学某人的样子

Don’t be always taking a leaf out of his book. 不要老是模仿他。

相关单词

名词复数：leaves

过去式：leafed

过去分词：leafed

现在分词：leafing

第三人称单数：leafs