fig-leaf

英 ['fɪɡl'iːf] 美 ['fɪɡl'iːf]

• n. 无花果树叶

英英释义

名词 fig leaf:

1. a leaf from a fig tree

2. a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
   遂用无花果树叶，编了个裙子围身。
2. Later, the nudity was objected to by more modest elements, and fig leaves were added to the older pictures and sculptures, covering their genitals.
   后来，全裸被更为适度的要素所拒绝，较为古老的图画和雕刻都加上了无花果树叶，掩盖着他们的生殖器。

经典引文

• They tore off..even the fig-leaves of decent reticence.

  出自： C. Kingsley