leaf

US /liːf/

UK /liːf/

葉子

a flattened green outgrowth from the stem of a herbaceous plant, typically a blade-shaped lamina attached to the stem by a petiole

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The tree shed its leaves in autumn.

秋天樹木落葉。

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She pressed a dried leaf in her book.

她在書裡夾了一片乾葉子。

頁, 書頁

a single sheet of paper, especially in a book

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Turn to the next leaf of the book.

翻到書的下一頁。

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The old manuscript had many brittle leaves.

那份古老的手稿有許多脆弱的書頁。

改過自新, 重新開始

turn over a new leaf

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After his release from prison, he promised to turn over a new leaf.

出獄後，他承諾改過自新。

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It's never too late to turn over a new leaf and improve yourself.

改過自新，提升自己，永遠不嫌晚。

翻閱, 翻頁

to turn over a leaf or leaves of a book or other publication

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He carefully leafed through the old photo album.

他仔細地翻閱著舊相冊。

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She leafed through the magazine while waiting.

她一邊等一邊翻閱雜誌。