leaves
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.
In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen.
园子里的七叶树已经落叶了。
The Japanese maple that stands across the drive had just come into leaf.
那条大道两旁的日本枫树刚刚长出新叶。
A leaf is one of the pieces of paper of which a book is made.
He flattened the wrappers and put them between the leaves of his book.
他抚平了包装纸,把它们夹在了书页中间。
leafs , leafing , leafed
leaf through
If you leaf through something such as a book or magazine, you turn the pages without reading or looking at them very carefully.
Most patients derive enjoyment from leafing through old picture albums.
大部分病人能从翻阅旧相册中获得乐趣。
turn over a new leaf
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.
He realized he was in the wrong and promised to turn over a new leaf.
他认识到自己错了,承诺要重新开始。