fig leaf

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A leaf of the fig plant.
  2. A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness).
    — This figleaf morality expresses a very unhealthy mental attitude.
  3. Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered. figuratively
    — True, David Brog, one of the organizers of last week’s conference, insisted that national conservatives are not anti-immigrant. But this is a fig leaf. [University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy] Wax explicitly made an argument for limiting the number of nonwhites entering the US.

词形变化

fig leaves plural fig-leaf alternative figleaf alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
figleaf fig-leafed fig-leaf gourd fig-leaf squash fig-leaved

词源

From Middle English *figge leef (attested in the plural figge leves), a partial calque of Old English fīclēaf (“fig leaf”). By surface analysis, fig + leaf.
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