leaf

葉

茎や枝から生える、普通は緑色で平たい植物の部分。

やさしい英語で： A flat, usually green part of a plant that grows from a stem or branch.

• A leaf fell from the tree.
• The leaves turn yellow in autumn.
• Why are the leaves on this plant brown?

よく使う表現： green leaf, leaf on something, fallen leaf

紙葉

本を構成する一枚の紙。表と裏がそれぞれ一ページになる。

やさしい英語で： A sheet of paper in a book, with a page on each side.

• One leaf was missing from the book.
• She wrote her name on a blank leaf.
• Several leaves of the old manuscript were torn.

類義語： sheet

よく使う表現： blank leaf, leaf of something, torn leaf, printed leaf

葉形の飾り

植物の葉に似た平たい形の飾りや物の一部分。

やさしい英語で： An object or part with a shape like the flat green part of a plant.

• A silver leaf hung from her necklace.
• The gate had decorative leaves made of iron.
• Each carved leaf had a pointed tip.

よく使う表現： decorative leaf, carved leaf, metal leaf

ぱらぱらめくる

ページを素早くめくり、内容をざっと見ること。

やさしい英語で： To turn pages quickly and look briefly at what is on them.

• I like to leaf through old books.
• She leafed through the catalogue after lunch.
• Have you leafed through our photo album?

使い方： leaf through something (I leafed through a magazine while I waited.)

類義語： browse, flip through

よく使う表現： leaf through something, leaf through pages

葉を出す

植物に葉が生え始めること。

やさしい英語で： If a plant does this, its flat green parts begin to grow.

• The trees begin to leaf in spring.
• The oak leafed out later than usual.
• Warm weather helped the shrubs leaf early.

類義語： put out leaves

よく使う表現： leaf out, leaf in spring