fig leaf

短语

无花果树叶, 遮羞布

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词形变化

fig leaves 复数

别名

fig-leaf

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A leaf of the fig plant.

  2. 2.

    A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness).

  3. 3.

    Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

covering leaf foliage leafage

词源

From Middle English *figge leef (attested in the plural figge leves), a partial calque of Old English fīclēaf (“fig leaf”). By surface analysis, fig + leaf.

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