英:[ˈli:fləs]
美:[ˈliːfləs]
英:[ˈli:fləs]
美:[ˈliːfləs]
词根:leaf
adj.leafy 多叶的;叶状的;叶茂盛的
leafed 有叶子的
leaflike 像叶子的;成薄片的
n.leaf 叶子;(书籍等的)一张;扇页
leafage (总称)叶子
v.leafed 生叶,翻...的页(leaf的过去式和过去分词形式)
vi.leaf 生叶;翻书页
vt.leaf 翻…的页,匆匆翻阅
noun
a lateral (see lateral entry 1 sense 2) outgrowth from a plant stem that is typically a flattened expanded variably shaped greenish organ, constitutes a unit of the foliage, and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis
foliage
trees in full leaf
something suggestive of a leaf: such as
a part of a book or folded sheet containing a page on each side
a part (as of window shutters, folding doors, or gates) that slides or is hinged
added a leaf to the table to accommodate more people
a thin sheet or plate of any substance : lamina
verb
intransitive verb
to shoot out or produce leaves
will leaf out in spring
to turn over pages especially to browse or skim
leaf through a book
transitive verb
to turn over the pages of
1580年代,来自 leaf(n.)+ -less。
Noun Middle English leef, from Old English lēaf; akin to Old High German loub leaf
The first known use of leaf was before the 12th century
leaguernoun
a member of a league
league1 of 2noun
any of various units of distance from about 2.4 to 4.6 statute miles (3.9 to 7.4 kilometers)
league2 of 2noun
an association or alliance of nations
an association of persons or groups united for common interests or goals
a softball league
leafyadjective
having or full of leaves
leafy woodlands
consisting mostly of leaves
leafy vegetables
resembling a leaf
leafletnoun
one of the divisions of a compound leaf see leaf illustration
a small or young leaf
a usually folded printed sheet intended for free distribution
leafletnoun
one of the divisions of a compound leaf see leaf illustration
a small or young leaf
a usually folded printed sheet intended for free distribution
leaf1 of 2noun
one of the green usually flat parts that grow from a stem or twig of a plant and that function mainly in making food by photosynthesis
foliage
trees in full leaf
a part of a book or folded sheet containing a page on each side
a part (as of window shutters) that slides or is hinged
the movable or additional part of a table top
a thin sheet (as of metal)
leaf2 of 2verb
to produce leaves
to turn the pages of a book
1 As she came over a logging road, a man walked out of the leafless November woods.
2 The leafless branches of the trees surrounding the prison were skeletal against the iron-hued December sky.
3 I can't get enough of them, especially around Halloween when the shadows from the leafless trees take on ominous shapes.
对于它们我百看不厌,尤其是在万圣节期间,那些光秃秃的树的阴影呈现出不详的形状。
4 The pines and leafless maples drip over paths, into the waterfall, into the stream and pond where herring and black-headed gulls drift serenely among the mallards.
5 Each piece in the series is a triptych: a photograph of a leafless tree and two drawings in which the tree’s shape is reproduced by numbers within the boxes of a grid.
6 We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner Mrs.
确实,早晨我们一直在光秃秃的灌木丛里徘徊了有一个小时。
7 In order to move on from my broken engagement, I would need to place the basket in the branches of a leafless tree and not look back.
8 As we travelled on, the country became even more barren, with here and there a dead cow, others on their last legs, moving like wraiths among the leafless trees.
我们越往前走,这个村子的荒凉就越得以显现。 到处都可见到死亡的牛,那些还活着的也都快不行了,它们在那些没有叶子的树丛中走来走去就像魂灵一样。
9 The forest slowed Flux and the beast, as they were forced to knock down the ashen, leafless trees to keep up.
10 Far away through the plantation Vega sparkled like a lamp suspended amid the leafless trees.
透过远处的树林,织女星象一盏灯似地挂在木叶尽脱的树枝间.
11 Another image shows a flock of birds in flight around a leafless tree, as if they have been startled by the shutter click of her camera.
12 Outside, my husband shovels five inches of fresh snow, which has made for a blindingly monochromatic world — except for the cardinals at the backyard feeder and the brilliant red canes of a leafless dogwood.
13 Jon glimpsed the red wanderer above, watching them through the leafless branches of great trees as they made their way beneath.
14 They’re near the river’s edge and there’s a forked tree just this side of them along the riverbank, bleached and leafless, like it maybe once got struck by lightning.
15 But viewing birds among leafless branches is like watching your favorite actors perform soliloquies on a bare stage.
16 Indeed. in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning.
确实。早上在褪尽叶子的灌木丛中一个小时。
17 The leafless trees trembled to their roots; the branches writhed as if in agony.
18 His eyes become a cliff of snow threatening to avalanche; his eyebrows bend like black limbs of leafless trees.
19 Presently they were in among a clump of ragged leafless shrubs, useless either for concealment or as protection from the wind.
20 Many trees are leafless in winter.
很多树冬天时就掉光了叶子。