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| 1 | C a flat thin green part of a tree or plant that grows on a branch or stem 叶子；树叶 |
| A light breeze stirred the leaves of the tall oak tree outside her window. 微风吹拂着她窗外高大的橡树的树叶。 |
| falling/autumn leaves 落叶/秋天的树叶 |
| be in leaf (=have produced leaves in spring) The trees were already in leaf. （春天时）长出树叶 |
| come into leaf (=start to produce leaves in spring) The hedgerows were just coming into leaf. （春天时）开始长叶 |
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| 2 | C a sheet of paper , especially in a book （尤指书的）一页 |
| +of a leaf of paper 一页纸 |
| one of the leaves of a book 一本书其中的一页 |
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| 3 | C a part of a table that you can swing up into position or add to the table to make it bigger （桌子的）活动桌面板 |
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| 4 | U metal , especially gold or silver , in very thin sheets, used as a decoration （用作装饰的）金属薄片，（尤指）金箔，银箔 |
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| - | take a leafout of/from sb’ s book
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| to copy what someone else does because they are successful at doing it |
| 效仿某人；以某人为榜样 |
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| They should take a leaf out of industry’ s book and pay both management and staff on results. 他们应该效仿工业上的做法，依据业绩支付管理人员和其他员工的薪金。 |
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| - | turn over a newleaf
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| to change your life by starting to be a better person or stopping a bad habit |
| 翻开新的一页；改过自新；重新做人 |
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