单词 | in leaf |
释义 | > as lemmasin (full) leaf a. The foliage of a plant or tree; leaves collectively. Now chiefly as in (full) leaf: the state or condition of having a full complement of leaves or foliage. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [noun] > leaves or foliage shadec1000 leafOE felourea1400 filourc1400 hair1551 leafage1599 foliage1601 umbrage1657 foliature1682 folia1730 greenery1826 leafery1834 feather1842 leafdom1856 leaf mass1857 greening1895 the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > [adjective] in (full) leafOE leavedc1300 leavy?1440 leafya1522 leavish1530 leafed1552 fronded1640 folious1658 foliaceous1676 frondent1677 furnished1712 foliose1727 leaf-strewn1730 foliaged1816 foliiferous1828 frondous1828 frondiparous1866 OE Monastic Canticles (Durh. B.iii.32) (1976) xxii. 8 Non timebit cum venerit aestas; Sed erit folium eius viride : hit ne ondræt þænne cemð sumor ac bið leaf his grene. lOE Canterbury Psalter i. 3 Lignum..Quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo et folium eius non decidet : treow..þet his wæstm uel blæd sceal giuan on his timan & his læf ne sceal tofallan. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16859 (MED) Þe rode it was wit leif [a1400 Gött. lieif] and barc florist ful selcuthli. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 77 (MED) As bornyst syluer þe lef on slydez Þat þike con trylle on vch a tynde. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 56 Pearserthnut..is in leafe and braunch bearing like to Cicer. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 26 A Sycamore..in leafe it ressembleth ye Mulberie tree. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. iii. 25 I haue liu'd long enough: my way of life Is falne into the Seare, the yellow Leafe . View more context for this quotation 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 362 The year began in March with the coming of the leaf. 1745 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd II. July 100 The Ash..comes into full Leaf as late as the Oak. 1768 G. White Let. 18 Apr. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 47 When the leaf is out. 1811 W. R. Spencer Poems 44 Ere yet the green leaf of her days was come. 1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 19 All in full leaf and beauty. 1920 P. J. Fryer Insect Pests & Fungus Dis. Fruit & Hops xli. 600 An excellent and powerful winter spray for all fungus diseases... It is much too powerful to use when trees are in leaf. 1976 Jrnl. Ecol. 64 1087 Most plants are in leaf by early April. 2002 Independent 4 May (Mag.) 36/3 The deciduous ones are in full leaf, covering the ground and looking their fresh best. < as lemmas |
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