| 词汇 | fig leaf |
| 释义 | fig leafWord family nounfig leaffigwortfiggeryfig Plants ˈfig leaf noun [countableC] HBPthe large leaf of the fig tree, sometimes shown in paintings as covering people’s sex organs 无花果树叶〔绘画中常用以遮盖性器官〕 Examples from the Corpus fig leaf• Within a few days of its unveiling Achilles was modestly kitted out with a fig leaf.• In other words it is Picasso without a fig leaf.• But there is more fig leaf than fact in this rationalization.• The fig leaf, however, helped little.• But this fig leaf fooled no one. |
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