leaf
noun/liːf/
(plural leaves
/liːvz/
)Слово англійською: leaf
Переклад leaf українською: листок
Детальний опис
- [countable] a flat green part of a plant, growing from a stem or branch or from the root
- lettuce/cabbage/oak leaves
- the dead leaves of autumn/the fall
- The leaves on the trees were beginning to turn from green to orange.
- in leaf Few trees are in leaf yet.
- The trees are just coming into leaf.
Collocations The living worldThe living worldAnimalssee also bay leaf, curry leaf, fig leaf, maple leaf, tea leaf- animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on something)
- fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
- birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
- insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
- insects/bees/locusts swarm
- bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
- spiders spin/weave a web
- snakes/lizards shed their skins
- bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
- insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
- an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
- attract/find/choose a mate
- produce/release eggs/sperm
- lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
- inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
- mark/enter/defend (a) territory
- stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
- trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
- a seed germinates/sprouts
- leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
- flower buds swell/open
- a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes something
- pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
- produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
- produce/bear fruit
- develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
- provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
- perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
- bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
- bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on something
- bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize something/cause disease
- bacteria break something down/convert something (into something)
- a virus enters/invades something/the body
- a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
- be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
- contain/carry/harbour bacteria/a virus
- kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria
- -leaf, -leafed, -leaved(in adjectives) having leaves of the type or number mentioned
- a four-leaf clover
- a broad-leaved plant
- [countable] a sheet of paper, especially a page in a book
- She carefully turned the leaves of the precious volume.
- [uncountable] metal, especially gold or silver, in the form of very thin sheets
- gold leaf
- [countable] a part of a table that can be lifted up, or an extra section that can be added into the table, in order to make the table bigger
Word OriginOld English lēaf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch loof and German Laub.
Idioms
take a leaf from/out of somebody’s book
- to copy somebody’s behaviour and do things in the same way that they do, because they are successful
turn over a new leaf
- to change your way of life to become a better, more responsible person