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fig leaf
  • 英语发声
  • 美语发声
  • n. 遮羞布;无花果树叶
  • 网络释义

    1、遮羞布
    “人均”更是只可成为一张遮羞布(Fig leaf)。 其次(Second)是假使按人均可掌握收纳来权衡,要让事情改变,先改变我自己;要让事情变得更好,先让自己变得更好。
    2、无花果树叶
    他们甚至撕去了表示矜持的遮羞布.fig leaf(无花果树叶)源于《圣经》:亚当和夏娃偷吃禁果后,发现自己一丝不挂而感到羞耻,用无花果树叶做成遮羞布系在腰间,因而人们就用fig leaf表示...
    3、无花果叶子
    再如fig leaf(无花果叶子)这一习语表示遮羞布,源于《圣经·创世记》第2章第8节至第17节。

    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

    Fig leaf chlorosis virus无花果叶褪绿病毒;榕叶褪绿病毒

    bigleaf fig leaf黄桷叶

    Fig Leaf Green榕叶翠绿

    Weeping fig leaf哭泣的叶子

    专业释义

    英英释义

    fig leaf

    n.
      a leaf from a fig tree a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful



    英汉双解大词典

    fig leaf (figleaves)

    • 1.  

      N-COUNT(可数名词) 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. (常在裸体雕塑或画像中用于遮蔽阴部的)无花果树叶

    • 2.  

      N-COUNT(可数名词) People sometimes refer disapprovingly to something which is intended to hide or prevent an embarrassing situation as a fig leaf. 遮羞布; 掩盖行为 [journalism] [usu with supp]

      例:

      This deal is little more than a fig leaf for the continued destruction of the landscape.

      这笔交易只不过是对自然景观持续破坏行为的遮掩而已。