fig leaf

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plantsfig leafˈfig leaf noun [countable] HBPthe large leaf of the fig tree, sometimes shown in paintings as covering people’s sex organsExamples from the Corpusfig leaf• Within a few days of its unveiling Achilles was modestly kitted out with a fig leaf.• In other words it is Picasso without a fig leaf.• But there is more fig leaf than fact in this rationalization.• The fig leaf, however, helped little.• But this fig leaf fooled no one.

单词	fig leaf
释义	fig leaf From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plantsfig leafˈfig leaf noun [countable] HBPthe large leaf of the fig tree, sometimes shown in paintings as covering people’s sex organsExamples from the Corpusfig leaf• Within a few days of its unveiling Achilles was modestly kitted out with a fig leaf.• In other words it is Picasso without a fig leaf.• But there is more fig leaf than fact in this rationalization.• The fig leaf, however, helped little.• But this fig leaf fooled no one.
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