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

• Dark foliage clothes the hills.
  浓密的树叶覆盖着群山。
• Sunbeams filtered through the foliage.
  阳光从枝叶的缝隙中漏泄下来。
• Foliage dull dark green at tips or margins of leaflets and withering of older leaves.
  植株小叶的尖端和边缘暗绿，老叶干枯；
• 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。
• 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。
• Shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United states.
  中国和日本的一种常绿坚硬的灌木状紫杉，墨绿色叶，有光泽；美国东部有种植。
• The trees renew their foliage every year.
  树木每年都重新长出叶子。
• Moth larva that eats foliage of beets and vegetables.
  蛾子的幼虫，吃甜菜和蔬菜的叶子。
• Any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers.
  任何一种热带美洲植物，由于艳丽的树叶和花朵而被栽培。
• Fluent fusion inflate fervent flame, floret and foliage;
  流利的熔合膨胀了热的火焰，小花和树叶。