ADJECTIVE | VERB + LEAF | LEAF + VERB | LEAF + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤new, young新葉;嫩葉▸➤autumn, fall (NAmE) 秋葉▸➤dead, dry, fallen, falling, rotting枯葉;乾葉;落葉;飄落的葉子;腐葉◇The ground was thick with dead leaves.地上積了厚厚的枯葉。➤broad (especiallytechnical術語) , heart-shaped, oval闊葉;心形葉;卵形葉◇broad-leaf plants闊葉植物➤green, yellow, etc.綠葉、黃葉等▸➤glossy, hairy, leathery, shiny, variegated光滑的/長茸毛的/堅韌的/光亮的/雜色的葉子▸➤bay, lettuce, maple, oak, tea, etc.月桂葉、萵苣葉、楓葉、橡樹葉、茶葉等◇Stop trying to read tea leaves (= predict the future).別再試圖預測未來了。VERB + LEAF➤have有葉子◇This plant has beautifully variegated leaves.這種植物的葉子色彩斑斕,非常漂亮。➤come into, grow, produce, put out, sprout長出葉子;冒出葉子◇It was spring and the trees were coming into leaf.春天來了,樹木發芽了。◇In the spring the plant began to put out new leaves.春天這株植物開始長出新葉。➤shed落葉◇Deciduous trees shed their leaves annually.落葉樹木每年都落葉。➤pick, pluck摘下/扯下葉子◇He picked a leaf from the basil plant and started to chew it.他摘下一片羅勒葉子嚼了起來。➤rake耙攏葉子◇The boys helped by raking the leaves in the yard.男孩們幫忙把院裏的樹葉耙攏起來。LEAF + VERB➤appear, emerge葉子長出◇Spring arrived and the first green leaves began to appear.春天到了,第一批綠葉開始長出來了。➤grow葉子生長▸➤turn, yellow葉子變黃◇The summer was over and the leaves were beginning to turn.夏季過去了,葉子開始變黃。➤drop, fall葉子掉落/落下➤blow葉子隨風而動◇dry leaves blowing in the wind在風中舞動的枯葉➤rustle葉子沙沙作響◇The leaves rustled in the light breeze.樹葉在微風中沙沙作響。LEAF + NOUN➤litter, mould/mold落葉層;腐葉土◇the leaf litter on the forest floor森林的落葉層PHRASES➤in full leaf枝繁葉茂◇The corn was already ripening and the trees in full leaf.玉米已經成熟,樹木也已枝繁葉茂。