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樹葉;葉子
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.
例句
In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen...
花園里,七葉樹已經落葉了。
The Japanese maple that stands across the drive had just come into leaf.
車道對面那棵雞爪楓剛吐新葉。
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(書)頁
A leaf is one of the pieces of paper of which a book is made.
例句
He flattened the wrappers and put them between the leaves of his book.
他把包裝紙壓平,夾在書里。
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PHRASE
師法;效法;以(某人)為榜樣
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.
例句
Maybe we should take a leaf out of Branson's book. It's easy to see how he became a billionaire...
也許我們應該效法布蘭森。我們都不難看出他是怎樣成為億萬富翁的。
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PHRASE
重新開始;洗心革面;改過自新
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.
例句
He realized he was in the wrong and promised to turn over a new leaf.
他認識到自己錯了,答應改過自新。
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PHRASE
(因寒冷、恐懼等)渾身發抖,抖如落葉
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.
例句
I didn't think about the danger at the time. Afterwards I was shaking like a leaf.
我那時候沒想到有危險,事后我嚇得直發抖。