foliage

英 [ˈfəʊliɪdʒ]

美 [ˈfoʊliɪdʒ]

n.  (植物的)叶; 枝叶

过去式：foliaged　复数：foliages　

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Collins.1 / BNC.7292 / COCA.7345

牛津词典

noun

• （植物的）叶；枝叶
  the leaves of a tree or plant; leaves and branches together
  1. dense green foliage
     茂密的绿叶

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (植物的)叶，枝叶
  The leaves of a plant are referred to as itsfoliage.
  1. ...shrubs with grey or silver foliage.
     长着灰色或银色叶子的灌木丛

英英释义

noun

• (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament
  Synonym:foliation
• the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
  Synonym:leafleafage

双语例句

• The foliage was soft and feathery.
  叶子如羽毛般轻软柔和。
• Low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage.
  从新泽西州到佛罗里达的长得矮的常绿灌木。由于其许多白色的星状的花和平滑的叶子而被种植。
• A single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage.
  一根单个的树枝或者放射状花和叶。
• Dig it up once the foliage has died down.
  叶子掉光后就把它挖出来。
• Pollution has stripped the trees of their foliage.
  污染剥光了这些树的叶子。
• A plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers.
  具有美丽的复叶和有花距的管状花的紫堇科植物。
• Salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy gray-green foliage.
  具有抗盐性的一年生海边植物，具有芳香的玫瑰红的或紫罗兰色的花朵，和灰绿色的肉质叶。
• A genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers.
  黑矢车菊矢车菊；矢车菊属的各种植物的任一种。菊科欧亚草本植物的一个属，叶多刺，花大，略带紫色。
• Dark foliage clothes the hills.
  浓密的树叶覆盖着群山。
• The fall foliage glowed red and yellow in the morning sunlight.
  树叶在秋日的晨曦中泛出红黄色的光。