fig leaf

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈfɪɡ ˌliːf]
• 美式音标 [ˈfɪɡ ˌliːf]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 遮羞布；无花果树叶

同根派生

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英汉例句

双语例句

• But that fig leaf has since blown away.
  但是那片遮羞布被吹走了。
• Can we say that Yao Ming is the fig leaf created by the Chinese Men's Basketball Team?
  难道我们可以说姚明是国家男篮创造出的遮羞布吗？
• “Advertisement… has brough our disregard for truth into the open without even a fig leaf to cover it.” – Freya Stark
  “广告。。。已将我们对真实的漠视公开化，甚至连块遮羞布也没有”——弗雷亚斯塔克

权威例句

• "It's used as a fig leaf, and we decided that for the time being, we're better off without it, " Mekel says.
  NPR: Israelis Shun Al Jazeera's Arabic News Network
• So far, much debate has focused on how BP may be forced to cut its dividend as a political fig leaf.
  FORBES: BP's Hayward Should Cut His Own Pay Like BA's Walsh

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词组短语

短语

• fiddleleaf fig root leaf 释义琴叶榕
• fig -leaf gourd [园艺]黑子南瓜
• Indiarubber fig Alternaria leaf spot 橡皮树链格孢叶斑病
• a diplomatic fig -leaf 体面外交的策略
• Fig Leaf Rag 无花果叶拉格泰姆

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (LEAF) the type of leaf sometimes used in paintings to cover a naked person's sex organs
• (FALSE) something that hides something else, especially something that is dishonest or embarrassing

柯林斯英英字典

• A fig leaf is a large leaf which comes from the fig tree. A fig leaf is sometimes used in painting and sculpture to cover the genitals of a naked body.
• People sometimes refer disapprovingly to something which is intended to hide or prevent an embarrassing situation as a fig leaf.

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