leaf

1. N-COUNT 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. 葉子[usu pl, also 'in/into' N]

In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen. 園子里的七葉樹(shù)已經(jīng)落葉了。

2. N-COUNT A leaf is one of the pieces of paper of which a book is made. 一頁(yè)

He flattened the wrappers and put them between the leaves of his book. 他撫平了包裝紙，把它們夾在了書(shū)頁(yè)中間。

3. PHRASE 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. 開(kāi)始新的一頁(yè)

He realized he was in the wrong and promised to turn over a new leaf. 他認(rèn)識(shí)到自己錯(cuò)了，承諾要重新開(kāi)始。