leaf
要点葉、1枚
意味
- (木・草の)葉
- 花びら
- (本などのページの裏表)1枚
- (金属の)薄片,箔(はく)
- (折りたたみ式テーブルの)補助板
- 《おもに米》〈木が〉葉を出す《+out》
- (本などの)ページをばらばらとめくる,内容にざっと目を通す《+through+名》
例文
A fallen leaf floated on the surface of the water.
１枚の落ち葉が水面に浮かんでいた。
I'm really good at finding four-leaf clovers.
私、四つ葉を見つけるの得意なんだよ。
I'll turn over a new leaf and study English very hard.
心機一転して英語の勉強を一生懸命するぞ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English lef, leef, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laubą (“leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-o-m, from *lewbʰ- (“to cut off”). Cognates Cognate with Scots leaf (“leaf”), Yola laafe (“leaf”), North Frisian luuf (“leaf”), Saterland Frisian Loof (“leaf”), West Frisian leaf (“leaf”), Cimbrian loap (“leaf”), Dutch loof (“foliage”), German Laub (“leaves”), German Low German Loov (“leaf”), Luxembourgish Laf (“foliage, leaves”), Mòcheno lap (“leaf”), Vilamovian łaub, łaup, łojp (“leaf”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål løv (“leaf”), Faroese leyv (“leaf”), Icelandic lauf (“leaf”), Norwegian Nynorsk lauv (“leaf”), Swedish löv (“leaf”), Gothic 𐌻…